India’s Neeraj Chopra won the first ever athletics medal for India in Olympics. At the javelin throw final, Neeraj Chopra threw 87.58m in his second attempt. This won him the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, in Tokyo on Saturday.
Neeraj Chopra became second Indian to get gold after Abhinav Bindra.
Neeraj Chopra was the best prospect for India to get a medal. On August 4, he became the first Indian javelin thrower in history to qualify for the final at the Olympic Games.
