Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra created history by winning the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics here on Saturday.
He clinched the medal with his monumental throw of 87.58 metres.
This is the first individual gold won by an Indian in the track and feild event.
He is the first Indian athlete to bring a gold medal for the country in the Olympics.
Neeraj’s medal took India’s medal count at Tokyo 2020 to seven – making it their best-ever haul at a single Olympics.
Czech Republic’s Jakub Vadlejch won silver and fellow Czech Vitezslav Vesely won bronze medal.
Earlier, shooter Abhinav Bindra had won the individual gold medal in 2008.
He is the second individual player from India to win a gold medal.
However, he became th first Indian athlete in the past 120 years and the only one from independent India to clinch a gold medal in the track-and-field discipline of the Olympics.
With this win, India will remember Tokyo 2020 as the best ever Olympics where seven medals, including a gold, was clinched by the players.
Catch the image with his gold medal:
Meanwhile, celebrations have started in India and on the social media as people rejoiced Neeraj’s medal triumph.
PM Modi, President Kovind wish:
Indian PM Narendra Modi and President Ram Nath Kovind led the nation in congratulating Chopra.
