Neeraj Chopra fell short of retaining his gold medal in the men's javelin throw at the ongoing marquee event securing silver with a best throw of 89.45 meters.
Neeraj Chopra fell short of retaining his gold medal in the men's javelin throw at the ongoing marquee event securing silver with a best throw of 89.45 meters.
The rising star from Botswana stormed to victory in an African record of 19.46 seconds in front of a roaring Stade de France crowd denying pre-race favourite Noah Lyles the coveted sprint double.
Neeraj Chopra fell short of retaining his gold medal in the men's javelin throw at the ongoing marquee event securing silver with a best throw of 89.45 meters.
Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi congratulated the Indian men's hockey team for winning the bronze medal at the Paris Olympics and announced a reward of Rs 15 lakh for each player in the squad.
As Harmanpreet Singh's side secured third place at the Paris Olympics. former Indian Hockey player Pargat Singh said that the bronze medal match at the Summer Games was "exciting and nail-biting".
After the Indian men's hockey team won the bronze medal at the Paris Olympics, Hockey India Secretary General Bhola Nath Singh announced that PR Sreejesh will become the Junior India Hockey team's head coach.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) member and chairperson of the Reliance Foundation, Nita Ambani congratulated Neeraj Chopra after he won the silver medal at the Paris Olympics.
Neeraj Chopra's father, Satish Kumar, expressed pride in his son's historic performance at the Paris Olympics, where Neeraj clinched the silver medal in the men's javelin throw final at Stade de France.
As Neeraj Chopra secured the silver medal in the men's javelin throw at the Paris Olympics on Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised the Indian athlete, calling him "excellence personified."
Chopra's best throw came on his second attempt, but he struggled with four consecutive foul throws, which prevented him from winning gold. Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem won gold with a throw of 92.97 meters, breaking the previous Olympic record held by Denmark's Andreas Thorkildsen in Beijing