Neeraj to compete at 27th Federation Cup in Bhubaneswar
This will be Chopra’s first domestic competition since the 2021 Federation Cup in Patiala, where he came up with a best effort of 87.80m.
This will be Chopra’s first domestic competition since the 2021 Federation Cup in Patiala, where he came up with a best effort of 87.80m.
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Annu’s best throw of 57.74m came in her third attempt. It was considerably short of her personal best of 63.82m, which is also a national record.
Neeraj Chopra, once again , scripted a new chapter as with a Javelin throw of 88.17m,he became the first Indian…
This will be Chopra's first event since the world championship silver and after missing the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham due to injury.
Chopra, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics gold medallist, had recently ended India's 19-year-long wait for a medal at the World Athletics Championships by winning silver with his best throw of 88.13 metres.
After his historic Olympic Gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, Neeraj got back to training after some months during which the athlete was felicitated by his country for winning the nation’s first ever Olympic gold in Athletics.
Neeraj, who was placed in Group A at Hayward Field, recorded an 88.39m throw in his first attempt to break the qualifying mark and did not take his second or third attempts on Thursday.
Annu Rani, who had also reached the final Doha edition in 2019 and eventually finished eighth, qualified for the final with a throw of 59.60 metres.
Chopra became the first and only Indian track and field athlete to win a gold medal at the Olympics. Chopra has continued to push himself since then. He recently broke his national record at the Diamond League in Stockholm.