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Paris Olympics: 'First Time Since 2016, Arshad Has Won Against Me', Says Neeraj Chopra
Shuttler PV Sindhu: After taking the silver medal in the men’s javelin throw at the Paris Olympics, finishing behind Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem, who won the gold medal, Neeraj Chopra praised the 27-year-old's performance and said it is the first time since 2016 that Arshad has won against him.
Neeraj, who came into the final as the favourite with a brilliant effort of 89.34 metres in the qualifying round, hurled the spear to 89.45, his second-best ever effort and a clear improvement on the 87.58 that bagged him the gold medal in Tokyo, to finish behind Arshad, who won the gold medal with an Olympic record-shattering 92.97m attempt.
Notably, Arshad crossed the 90m mark twice to set a massive Olympic record, held by Andreas Thorkildsen of Norway (90.57m in Beijing 2008), to win Pakistan's first Olympic medal since Barcelona 1992 and ended the night with another gigantic 91.79m throw on his final attempt.
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