Neeraj Chopra wins Silver medal for India at the Paris Olympics
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After 13 days and their penultimate competition, India was able to win a medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics other than bronze. The face of Indian athletics, Neeraj Chopra, could not succeed in defending his gold medal from the Tokyo Olympics, but he did secure India's first silver medal of the 2024 Games.
His season-best throw of 89.45 meters, which he made on his second and only legitimate try of the day, was a noteworthy accomplishment, but it was insufficient to overtake Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem, who won gold with a stunning throw of 92.97 meters, shattering the Olympic record.
Neeraj may have lost out on the gold, but he still gave India five medals from Paris 2024, and he has another chance to win one on Friday. India went six days without earning a medal after Swapnil Kusale's bronze in the men's 50m rifle 3 position final. On Thursday evening, Neeraj's silver and the men's hockey team's second straight bronze ended the drought.
Neeraj was considered India's best chance to medal in the Paris Games. He became the country's only other male individual athlete to win multiple medals at the Olympics, following former wrestler Sushil Kumar.
This time, following a string of impressive outings, he played it safe and stayed inside the lines, only managing a throw of 79.40 meters. Nadeem maintained his lead despite the decrease in distance, followed by Neeraj in second and Peters in third.
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