Neeraj mother Saroj Devi was happy with the ways son delivered in the summer games and is eager to cook her sons favourite meal.
Panipat: Neeraj Chopra’s ,father Satish Kumar, was proud of has sons remarkable effort that saw him script history at the Paris Olympics after clinching the silver medal in the men’s javelin throw final at Stade de France.
When Stakes were high in one of the biggest sporting events it was Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem rise at the bar by breaking the Olympic record with a mammoth throw in front of jam-packed a crowd
Neeraj delivered his season best attempt of 89.45 m, but it wasn’t closed to arshd humongous throw of 92.97 meters.
Before the Paris Olympics , Neeraj had of fair share of trouble with injuries. the groin injury the Haunted him in 2023 and force miss the commonwealth games return yearly in May after the felt discomfort in has adductor
Satish, who was proud after witnessing Neeraj performance and felt it was Pakistan’s day in the men’s javelin throw final felt that has injury had a role in his performance.
“Everyone has their day today was Pakistan’s day but we have won silver, and it is a proud things for us I think has groin injury had a part in as performance,”
His father believes that Neeraj’ success in Paris will serve as inspiration for the next generation
“He has won silver for the country we are happy and proud all the youths will get inspired by him, Satish told reporters.
Big screen was arranged for people from Neeraj neighborhood people turned up in numbers to see Neeraj perform in Paris.
Following has triumph sweets where distributed among people and crackers were burst to celebrate India’s first silver and overall 5th at the Paris Olympics.
Neeraj mother Saroj Devi was happy with the way his son delivered in the summer games and is eager to cook her sons favourite meal.
” We are very happy. For us , silver is also equal to gold . The one who got the gold is also like our sons . He was injured so we are very happy with his performance. I will cook his favourite food,” she said .
Neeraj grandfather Dharam Singh Chopra also reacted to has grandsons win and said he has given has best performance and win silver adding one more medal to the country.
To defend his Tokyo gold medal, neeraj had to do what he still has to achieve in his career breaching the mark.
After arshan send shock waves throughout the teletics community with an Olympic record a effort 92.97 m, neeraj had to dig deep and pull out his biggest performance ever.
However, he struggled to find his groove and registered a single legal attempt out of six, which turned out to be his season best attempt .
Arshad effortlessly sent his javelin past the 90m mark to deliver one of the greatest track and field performance in his Olympic record his seconds attempts and capped of his impressive display with a remarkable throw of 91.79m to take away the gold