Javelin

After Neeraj Chopra created histroy, a wave of celebration was visible in Neeraj's village in Panipat, on July 24. His family members and neighbours gathered to celebrate Neeraj's silver medal at the World Championship. The villagers danced and celebrated. "We are very happy that his hard work has paid off. We… read-more

Indian Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra qualified for his maiden World Championships final. On July 22, Chopra gave a stunning first attempt throw of 88.39m here, and secured his place in the finals of the championship. The 24-year-old Indian, opened the men's javelin throw Group A qualification round with to 88.39m throw.  This is his third career-best throw, for another medal. The medal round will be held on Sunday (7:05am IST).

Gold medallist Olympian Neeraj Chopra broke his own record and gave another mind-blowing performance with 89.94m throw, on June 30 Diamond League tournament.  With his performance, Chopra bagged a silver medal at the event, held in Stockholm. While Chopra secured Silver, Peters clinched the gold medal while Julian Weber of Germany bagged the bronze after throwing 89.08m. Although Chopra didn't secure gold medal, he broke his June 14, record (… read-more

After being named for the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award, Neeraj Chopra on November 3 thanked everyone saying, ''I'll continue to work to achieve more success for the country.'' Neeraj, who won the gold medal in men's javelin in the Tokyo Olympics, is among the 12 sportspersons who have been nominated for the award. The award will be conferred to the sportspersons on November 13 in New Delhi. 

Indian Javelin thrower Sumit Antil broke the world record and won another gold for India and tops in athletics at the Tokyo Paralympics on August 30. The 23-year-old Antil, who was initially a wrestler, suffered a serious leg injury in a motorbike accident in 2015 but overcame to join Javelin. At the event, Australia's Michal Burian and Sri Lanka's Dulan Kodithuwakka bagged silver and bronze, respectively.