If Neeraj Chopra wins gold again, it will be a miracle
Paris Olympics 2024 Neeraj Chopra: Paris, the capital of France, is all decked up and ready. There is only a little time left for the Olympics 2024 to begin. The players are ready to finalize their preparations. The Indian team has also reached there now. This time many athletes from India are contenders to win medals. The first and biggest name among them is Neeraj Chopra. The whole of India hopes that like last time, this time too Neeraj will bring gold to India. If he succeeds in doing so, it will be a miracle. Earlier in the history of the Olympics, there have been only a few such athletes, when a javelin thrower has been successful in saving his gold.
Neeraj Chopra is a contender to win gold
Neeraj Chopra is once again the strongest contender for a medal for India in the Paris Olympics. Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Neeraj Chopra also won the gold medal in the World Championship 2023. Not only this, he has also won gold in the Diamond League 2022. He also won the gold medal in the 2022 Asian Games. That is, after winning gold after gold continuously, Neeraj has become a gold boy in a way. The Indian’s heartfelt desire is to add one more medal to his gold.
Jan Zelezny won Olympic gold in javelin throw three times in a row
Talking about a very long history of Olympics, Czech Republic’s javelin thrower Jan Zelezny has defended his title the most number of times by winning gold three times in a row. He has created a record by defending his title in the Olympics as well as the World Championship. It is very difficult to break his record. However, if Neeraj manages to win gold one more time, he can definitely come a little closer to Jan Zelezny. Before Neeraj, Norway’s Andreas Thorkildsen defended his title in 2004 and 2008. Earlier, such a performance was done by Eric Lemming in 1908 and 1912 and Finland’s Johnny Myra in 1920 and 1924. Then the 1924 Olympics was also held in Paris.
Neeraj Chopra would like to throw 90 meters
In this Olympics, Neeraj would also like to touch the 90 meter throw. Jan Zelezny holds the world record of 98.48 meter throw, which he made during the athletics competition in Germany. If we talk about the top-5 javelin throwers in the world, Jan Zelezny’s name is in three places. Apart from number one, he is also in number four and five. Germany’s Johannes Vetter is in second and third place with a throw of 97.76 meters and 96.29 meters. That is, only two players are in the top-5 javelin throwers (men) in the world. India has sent a team of 117 players to the Paris Olympics, in which athletics has the highest number of 29 players.
(ians inputs)
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