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Have zeroed in on Sweden or Finland as training base before Olympics: Neer
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): Javelin Thrower Neeraj Chopra has retained his sharp focus on doing his best in his maiden Olympic Games, despite the tough challenges presented by the Covid-19 pandemic. The lack of international competition hurts the national record holder, but he is lookin
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Asian Para Gold medallist Neeraj gets medical assistance, RTPCR report awa
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 28 (ANI): After getting to know about the current health condition of Asian Para Gold medallist Neeraj Yadav, javelin thrower Sandeep Chaudhary called on authorities in Delhi and urged them to provide immediate medical assistance to him.
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Javelin thrower Annu Rani scripts new national record but misses Oly mark
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Patiala (Punjab) [India], March 15 (ANI): Javelin thrower Annu Rani's single-minded determination to produce a throw in excess of the Olympic qualification standard of 64.00m led her to rewrite her own national record with a 63.24m effort on the opening day of the 24th Federation Cup Senior
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Neeraj Chopra sets new target for himself after breaking national record
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 5 (ANI): After breaking a national record, Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has a new target in mind, which is to throw over 90m.
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Would be good if athletes can get vaccine before Olympics: Neeraj Chopra
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Bhubaneshwar (Odisha) [India], February 14 (ANI): Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has said that it would be good if the athletes are able to get the Covid-19 vaccine before the Olympics slated to be held in Tokyo later this year.
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Indian javelin throwers to begin training camp for Tokyo Olympics in Odish
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], December 3 (ANI): The team of elite javelin throwers including Neeraj Chopra, Shivpal Singh and Annu Rani led by coaches Uwe Hohn and Dr Klaus arrived in Bhubaneswar on Thursday to train and prepare for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics 2021.
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AFI nominates Neeraj Chopra for Khel Ratna Award, Dutee Chand, 3 others fo
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 3 (ANI): The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has nominated Commonwealth Games and Asian Games gold medallist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.
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Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra donates for COVID-19 relief
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 31 (ANI): In an attempt to help the country in its fight against coronavirus, Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra on Tuesday announced that he has donated Rs 2 lakh to PM-CARES Fund and Rs 1 Lakh to Haryana COVID Relief Fund.
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Environment would not have been appropriate to go on with Tokyo Olympics:
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 24 (ANI): Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra on Tuesday welcomed the decision to postpone the Tokyo Olympics to next year due to the coronavirus pandemic and said that the current environment would not have been appropriate to go on with the event.
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Javelin thrower Shivpal Singh qualifies for 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 11 (ANI): India's javelin thrower Shivpal Singh on Tuesday qualified for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics 2020.
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Javelin thrower Amit Dahiya banned for 4 years for evading dope sample col
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 17 (ANI): The National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) on Monday banned javelin thrower Amit Dahiya for four years for evading sample collection and trying to cheat officials during 2nd National Javelin Throw Open Championship 2019 held at SAI Centre in Sonipat.
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Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra qualifies for 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 29 (ANI): India's javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has qualified for the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
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