Turuku : News Agency : India's Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra has once again achieved a historic feat, Neeraj has won the gold medal in the javelin event held in Finland. Neeraj, who has been resting for some time due to injury, made a comeback with a bang, he threw 85.97m. Javelin thrown.
Neeraj clinched the gold medal in the event held on Tuesday at the Pavo Narmi Stadium in Turku, Finland. Neeraj is preparing for the Paris Olympics through this competition. Neeraj's performance in the third round of the eight-man event was enough to win him the gold medal. Neeraj was challenged by Finland's Tony Kernan and Oliver Hellander. Tony 84.19 m. Won silver medal in javelin throw. While the bronze medal winner Oliver has 83.96 m. Javelin thrown. Neeraj's performance on Tuesday was not his highest performance but he had thrown the javelin over 88 meters in the previous event in Doha. But on Tuesday, he cleared 85.97 m. He also won gold in javelin.
Out of total six rounds in this competition, Neeraj cleared 83.62m in the first round and 83.45m in the second round. Javelin thrown. 85.97 m. Javelin throw became his highest. 82.21 m in the fourth round. He was fouled in the fifth round of javelin throwing. In the sixth round, he threw the javelin as high as 82.97. India's Neeraj Chopra is yet to throw the javelin 90 meters. He has set his sights on crossing this stage. However, he is hampered by shoulder pain. Germany's Max Dehning had set a record with a javelin throw of 90.20 meters in the event held at Hall. This Max was also in the competition in Finland; But he could not perform very brilliantly.
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