AFI to conduct javelin throwing competitors yearly on August 7 in honour of gold medallist Neeraj Chopra
Lalit Bhanot, the Chairman of Athletics Federation of India’s Planning Committee, on Tuesday mentioned they may stage javelin throwing competitions yearly on August 7. Neeraj Chopra clinched historic gold medal with the perfect throw of 87.58 within the males’s javelin closing. Neeraj Chopra within the males’s javelin throw closing (Courtesy: Reuters)HIGHLIGHTS AFI to host javelin competitors yearly on August 7 to honour Neeraj ChopraNeeraj Chopra wins gold medal with the perfect throw of 87.58 within the males’s javelin closingNeeraj Chopra wins historic athletics gold to affix Abhinav Bindra in elite recordAugust 7 might be itched within the recollections of Indian sports activities followers eternally as, on today, Neeraj Chopra’s hovering javelin earned India their first Olympic gold in athletics.
Lalit Bhanot, the Chairman of Athletics Federation of India’s (AFI) Planning Committee, on Tuesday mentioned they may stage javelin throwing competitions yearly on August 7.”Athletics Federation of India’s planning committee has decided to further promote javelin throwing and will hold competitions every year throughout the country on August 7 as Neeraj Chopra won the gold in Tokyo on this day,” Bhanot mentioned in a felicitation program organised for Neeraj Chopra by the AFI.India’s lengthy and agonising look ahead to a primary Olympic athletics gold medal ended on August 7 when Neeraj Chopra, the son of a farmer, gained the boys’s javelin on the Tokyo Games.It took only one throw on a balmy Tokyo night time from the 22-year-old to start out the world’s second-most populous nation dreaming of an finish to the years of ache.His javelin flew into the intense lights of the stadium and landed after overlaying a distance of 87.03 metres – sufficient to present him the lead.Brimming with confidence, Chopra despatched his second try even additional to 87.58m, cementing his place and sending 1.35 billion individuals again dwelling into delirious pleasure.Before Chopra, India solely had one particular person Olympic gold medal winner in Abhinav Bindra, who gained the 10-metre air rifle occasion on the 2008 Beijing Games.Chopra went on to win the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games gold in 2018 earlier than an damage to his throwing arm and the Covid-19 pandemic saved him sidelined for almost two years.But he used the time to iron out chinks in his method, qualifying for Tokyo with a throw of 87.86m final 12 months and posting a private better of 88.07 in March this 12 months.Click right here for IndiaRight this moment.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.
