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    • Neeraj Chopra's Silver Success At Paris Olympics 2024 Places Him Among Elite Indian Athletes

      Neeraj Chopra's Silver Success At Paris Olympics 2024 Places Him Among Elite Indian Athletes

      Paris Olympics 2024: Neeraj Chopra secures historic Silver in Javelin throw, joins elite group of Indian Athletes with multiple medals. Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem takes Gold with a 92.97 meters throw, while Anderson Peters of Grenada wins Bronze with an 88.54 meters attempt.

    • 2023 recap: Neeraj Chopra, Kishore Jena, DP Manu and the year of India's javelin throwers

      2023 recap: Neeraj Chopra, Kishore Jena, DP Manu and the year of India's javelin throwers

      Year Ender 2023 special: How Indian javelin throwers Neeraj Chopra, Kishore Jena and DP Manu dominated the world in championships across Doha, Budapest, Hangzhou could be an inflection point for India's track and field as we enter 2024, an Olympic year.

    • Why massive strides made in chess, javelin, and others call for celebration

      Why massive strides made in chess, javelin, and others call for celebration

      R Praggnanandhaa and D Gukesh, among others. Kishore Jena, Neeraj Chopra and DP Manu. HS Prannoy. The success these boys and men have brought with chess, men’s javelin and badminton shows the leaps sports other than cricket have taken in the country.

    • How far will Neeraj Chopra's javelin go this year?

      How far will Neeraj Chopra's javelin go this year?

      Neeraj Chopra on preparing for the World Athletics Championships 2023 in Budapest and the Diamond League Finals in Eugene, US, and how winning is more important to him than the 90m throw.

    • Neeraj Chopra becomes world No. 1 in World Athletics men's javelin throw ranking

      Neeraj Chopra becomes world No. 1 in World Athletics men's javelin throw ranking

      Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra became the world number one for the first time in his career in the latest men's javelin throw rankings issued by the World Athletics. Chopra topped the charts with 1455 points, 22 ahead of Grenada's reigning world champion Anderson Peters (1433). The 25-year-old Chopra rose to world number two on August 30 last year but was stuck behind Peters since then.

    • NADA suspends javelin thrower Shivpal Singh till 2025

      NADA suspends javelin thrower Shivpal Singh till 2025

      Shivpal Singh, who has been charged with doping norms violation, reportedly tested positive for methandienone, which is a banned performance-enhancing steroid.

    • Annu Rani wins bronze, becomes first Indian female javelin thrower to win medal in CWG 2022

      Annu Rani wins bronze, becomes first Indian female javelin thrower to win medal in CWG 2022

      Rani sent the spear to a distance of 60m in her fourth attempt to finish third.

    • Neeraj Chopra qualifies for maiden World Championships final with 88.39m throw

      Neeraj Chopra qualifies for maiden World Championships final with 88.39m throw

      The 24-year-old Indian, hot favourite for a medal, opened the men's javelin throw Group A qualification round and sent his spear to 88.39m for his third career-best throw, here on Thursday.

    • World Athletics: Neeraj Chopra is India’s brightest hope - to bring in another big medal to accompany his Olympic gold

      World Athletics: Neeraj Chopra is India’s brightest hope - to bring in another big medal to accompany his Olympic gold

      Few javelin throwers have got back-to-back big titles, only one other Indian athlete has a medal in World Championships.

    • Neeraj Chopra wins gold at Kourtane Games with 86.69m-throw

      Neeraj Chopra wins gold at Kourtane Games with 86.69m-throw

      The title was clinched by Chopra barely 10 months after he became the first Indian javelin thrower to win the gold at the Olympics

    • Javelin throw: A break down of Neeraj Chopra’s epic hurl in Tokyo

      Javelin throw: A break down of Neeraj Chopra’s epic hurl in Tokyo

      Neeraj Chopra threw the weight of five cricket balls, at 100kmh, across the equivalent of four cricket pitches.

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