India wins its first ever Gold medal in athletics in the olympics. Neeraj Chopra did this for India. His second throw was 87.58m long which leads to him win. Bajrang Punia also wins the bronze medal in 65kg freestyle wrestling on the same day.
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| Neeraj Chopra wins Gold medal and Bajrang Punia wins bronze medal |
Tokyo Olympics 2020:- India wins its first ever Gold medal in athletics in the olympics. Neeraj Chopra did this for India and make the Indians proud. He achieves this gold medal in men’s javelin throw. He is just 23 years old and achieved such a big victory. The whole India is very happy with Neeraj Chopra’s this win.
He had done his work just in his first 2 throws. His first throw was 87.03m long and no one could throw beyond this distance and his second throw was 87.58m long which leads to him win. In India, no one had won any medal for India in the athletics but Neeraj Chopra has done this.
He wins first ever medal of India in athletics and its a Gold medal. Silver medal has been won by Czech Republic’s J. Vadlejch by covering 86.67m long distance and bronze medal too has been won by Czech Republic’s V. Vesely by covering 85.44m long distance in the javelin throw.
Neeraj Chopra was qualified for the finals by throwing 86.65m long javelin even in his first attempt. This distance is near the silver medallist’s distance in the final round. There is the difference of just 0.02m. Neeraj had also remained on No.1 position in the qualification round.
On August 4, when Neeraj Chopra was qualified for the final round, Indian athlete P.T. Usha had tweeted, “37 years ago on 8th Aug 1984, I missed the podium by 1/100th of a second & that unrealised dream could well be fulfilled by my son & India’s pride @Neeraj_chopra1 who has qualified for the finals #Tokyo2020 on 7th August. My blessings & best wishes to him.”
37 years ago on 8th Aug 1984, I missed the podium by 1/100th of a second & that unrealised dream could well be fulfilled by my son & India’s pride @Neeraj_chopra1 who has qualified for the finals #Tokyo2020 on 7th August. My blessings & best wishes to him.https://t.co/jbhHF7Sjik
— P.T. USHA (@PTUshaOfficial) August 4, 2021
Neeraj Chopra has fulfilled the dream of P.T. Usha and not only fulfilled her dream but all of the Indians dream. If today Milkha Singh would be alived, he will also be felt very happy because he was missed the olympics medal in 1960 in athletics just by a few seconds.
Before Neeraj Chopra, Abhinav Bindra was the only Gold medallist of India in the individual events in Olympics. Tokyo Olympics 2020, becomes the best ever olympics for India with the win of Gold medal. India has won total 7 medals including Gold in this olympics which is all time best of India. In 2012 London Olympics, India had won total 6 medals and Tokyo 2020 beats London olympics by winning total 7 medals.
Prime minister Narendra Modi, politicians, sportspersons and many celebrities congratulate the Neeraj Chopra on this historic win. PM Narendra Modi wrote, “History has been scripted at Tokyo! What @Neeraj_chopra1 has achieved today will be remembered forever. The young Neeraj has done exceptionally well. He played with remarkable passion and showed unparalleled grit. Congratulations to him for winning the Gold. #Tokyo2020”
History has been scripted at Tokyo! What @Neeraj_chopra1 has achieved today will be remembered forever. The young Neeraj has done exceptionally well. He played with remarkable passion and showed unparalleled grit. Congratulations to him for winning the Gold. #Tokyo2020 https://t.co/2NcGgJvfMS
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 7, 2021
On the other hand, Bajrang Punia also wins the bronze medal in 65kg freestyle wrestling on the same day. He wins the bronze medal match against Kazakhastan’s Daulet Niyazbekov by 8-0. Bajrang Punia’s opponent couldn’t get even one point and Punia clearly wins the bout.