Neeraj Chopra bags the first ever gold medal for India in athletics, India finishes with a record medal tally
Neeraj Chopra bagged a historic gold medal with a 87.58m in the Men’s Javelin Throw in Tokyo Olympics. With this astonishing feat, he has become the first athlete from India to secure a medal in Track and Field events. Jakub Vadlejch from Czech Republic won the silver medal with a throw of 86.67m coming off his fifth attempt and Vítězslav Veselý also from Czech Republic took the bronze with a throw of 85.44m in his third attempt.
Neeraj started off with a mighty 87.03m that secured him a lead from the rest of the pack, he went even further in his next attempt with a throw of 87.58m and in his third attempt he threw a 76.09m. His second throw of 87.58m was enough to top the finals as he had a comfortable lead over the others. The name will be forever remembered as many athletes have come close in the finals like PT Usha and Milkha Singh but nobody has dominated like this in an event, that too in an Olympic Final. This was a perfect finish to the best ever Olympics performance this country has ever witnessed.
Bajrang Punia wins Olympics Bronze; beats Kazakhstan’s Daulet Niyazbekov 8-0
Bajrang Punia had an outstanding performance in the men's freestyle 65kg bronze medal match, defeating Daulet Niyazbekov of Kazakhstan 8-0. In Tokyo, the wrestler gave India its sixth medal. In a brilliant feat, the Indian Wrestler didn’t concede even a single point to his opponent. He fought calmly and aggressively to snatch the medal for India.
Heartbreak for Indian golfer Aditi Ashok as she narrowly misses out on bronze at the Tokyo Olympics
It was history in the making, 23 year old Aditi Ashok was a surprise inclusion in the medal hunt at the Tokyo Olympics. Aditi has performed admirably well and has exceeded expectations in the last four days and has captured a billion hearts by remaining in the top 3 in the first three rounds, a feat no other Indian golfer has ever achieved before.
