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Welcome to Olympic Rewind, the series where Olympians re-watch their iconic Olympic performances, and give us hilarious reactions, insightful commentary and a unique behind-the-scenes perspective on competing at the Olympics. ๐ง๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐’๐ ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ: Olympic Javelin champion, Neeraj Chopra ๐ฎ๐ณ
On August 7th 2021, Indiaโs @Neeraj Chopra became only the second individual Indian athlete after Abhinav Bindra to be crowned Olympic champion as he won gold in the menโs javelin throw at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday.
The gold medal is also Indiaโs first Olympic medal in track-and-field events. It took Indiaโs medal count at Tokyo 2020 to seven – their best-ever haul at a single Olympics. Neeraj Chopra threw a best attempt of 87.58m to win the Olympic gold. Czech Republicโs Jakub Vadlejch won silver and fellow Czech Vitezslav Vesely won bronze to complete the podium.
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