TOKYO: Neeraj Chopra won the men's javelin on Saturday with a best throw of 87.58m to claim a historic first Olympic athletics gold medal for India.
Chopra, the 2018 Commonwealth champion, seized the lead with a throw of 87.03m on his first attempt, a distance no other competitor achieved during the final, winning India's first gold of the Tokyo Games as his overjoyed team mates and coaches watched from the stands. Chopra became only the second Indian to win an individual Olympic gold medal after Abhinav Bindra won the 10m air rifle event at the 2008 Games.
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