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Neeraj Chopra won the gold medal

Published on 21 Jun 2022

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  • Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra won his first gold medal of the season at the Kuortane Games in Finland with an 86.69m throw.
  • While Chopra bagged gold, Trinidad and Tobago's Keshorn Walcott with 86.64m throw got the silver medal and Grenada's Anderson Peters with 84.75m throw won bronze.
  • Reigning Asian and world para javelin champion, Sandeep Chaudhary, also took part in the competition and finished eighth, with the highest throw of 60.35m.
  • This was just his second competition since the Tokyo Olympics, where he became the first Indian to win a gold medal in athletics.
Source: SarkariPariksha