Tokyo 2020: Neeraj Chopra became the first Indian participant to win an Olympic atheltic medal for the country ending a 100 year wait.
India has won an Olympic GOLD Medal courtesy Neeraj Chopra’s mammoth throw of 87.58 meter. This is India’s first-ever Athletics Gold Medal & only 2nd ever INDIVIDUAL GOLD medal after Abhinav Bindra’s GOLD in shooting in 2008 Beijing.
World No. 1 Johannes Vetter flopped big time and exited the event early. Pakistan Nadeem Arshad also threw an impressive 84.62 meters but finished 5th.