Neeraj Chopra won a gold medal at the Kuortane Games©Twitter
Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Neeraj Chopra continued to shine as he won a gold medal at the Kuortane Games on Saturday after recording a throw of 86.69m on his first attempt. It was enough to overtake his rivals – 2012 Olympic champion Keshorn Walcott and 2019 world champion Anderson Peters. The weather conditions in Finland for the event were not ideal as the athletes had to deal with rainy and humid conditions.
The athletes were seen struggling on their swing and Chopra was no different as he suffered a bad slide on his third attempt.
The Indian star then chose not to throw in the final three attempts.
After an intentional foul on his second, he slips on his third.. Testing the conditions there…#NeerajChopra pic.twitter.com/71qRFcEEyJ
— Naveen Peter (@peterpeaking) June 18, 2022
The Indian Athletics Federation clarified that Neeraj Chopra was fine after the bad crash and there was nothing to worry about.
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“Kuortane News: All good with @Neeraj_Chopra1 after this bad mistake on his third attempt. Nothing to worry about,” AFI’s official handle tweeted.
News from Kuortane: All is well with @Neeraj_chopra1 after that bad mistake on his third attempt. Nothing to fear
Well done #NeerajChopracongratulations on another top class performance #Indianathletics pic.twitter.com/EaMHJAGi6v
— Athletics Federation of India (@afiindia) June 18, 2022
Prior to the Kuortane Games, Neeraj started his season by competing in the Paavo Nurmi Games where he bagged a silver medal after recording a throw of 89.30m.
This throw of 89.30 m is also a national record.
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