Neeraj chopra vs Arshad nadeem Olympics 2024: How Pakistan’s one gold overshadowed India’s 5 medals, Arshad gave a ‘double’ blow to the hopes

Neeraj chopra vs Arshad nadeem Javelin Throw in Paris olympics 2024: Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem overpowered India’s Neeraj Chopra in javelin throw, the most awaited event of Paris Olympics 2024. Arshad threw the javelin 92.97 meters and won the gold. Neeraj Chopra won the silver medal for India by throwing the javelin 89.45 meters. The bronze medal of this event was won by Anderson Peters of Grenada by throwing 88.54 meters javelin. But amidst all this, one thing happened that Pakistan’s one gold medal has outweighed the 5 medals won by India so far in the Paris Olympics.

When India’s Neeraj Chopra came to throw the javelin in Paris on August 8 at 11:45 pm, it was expected that he would give India its first gold of this Olympics, but Pakistani athlete Arshad Nadeem gave the first individual gold to Pakistan by throwing the medal at a distance of 92.97 meters. Got the medal.

In this way, Pakistan is now at 53rd position in the medal tally (till 6 am on August 9) after winning one gold medal. Whereas India is 11 places below it at number 64. India has won 4 bronze medals including 1 silver from Neeraj in Paris Olympics. India has got one bronze medal in hockey, while 3 medals came in shooting.

That means, it is clear that Pakistan’s gold medal outweighed India’s. Due to which Pakistan has reached above India in the medal table. Arshad Nadeem gave a double blow by winning the medal, because Neeraj Chopra was expected to bring the gold medal to India.

This medal of Arshad was Pakistan’s first medal even after the 1992 Olympics, when Pakistan’s hockey team won the bronze medal in Barcelona. This means that overall the drought of 32 years was not ended by Arshad. Arshad Nadeem became the first player of Pakistan who won the first gold medal for his country in an individual event.

Arshad also made the Olympic record in his name with a throw of 92.97 meters. Arshad broke the record of Andreas THORKILDSEN of Norway. Andreas made this record on August 23, 2008 in the Beijing Olympics by throwing the javelin 90.57 meters.

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Neeraj broke his own Olympic record
Neeraj had earlier won the gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics by throwing the javelin at a distance of 87.58 meters. But this time in Paris, he threw the javelin further than the throw in Tokyo, but he had to be satisfied with silver only.

The world record in javelin throw is 98.48 meters.
The world record for javelin throw is held in the name of a player from Czech Republic. Three-time world champion and Olympic champion, Czech Republic’s veteran athlete Jan ZELEZNY had registered the world record for men’s javelin throw with a throw of 98.48 meters in 1996 during an athletics competition in Germany. Which continues till today.

Won gold on 7th August, silver on 8th August
Now the date of 8th August for Paris Olympics has been fixed for India because on this day Neeraj won the silver medal, whereas the day of 7th August in Tokyo Olympics will always be remembered, on this day Neeraj won the gold in 2021. In the Tokyo Olympics, Neeraj Chopra had a throw of 87.58 meters to win the Olympic gold medal.

#WATCH | Paris: On winning a silver medal in men’s javelin throw at #ParisOlympics2024Ace javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra says, “We all feel happy whenever we win a medal for the country…It’s time to improve the game now…We will sit and discuss and improve the… pic.twitter.com/kn6DNHBBnW

— ANI (@ANI) August 9, 2024

Neeraj committed 5 fouls, Arshad committed 1
26-year-old Neeraj Chopra fouled 5 out of his 6 attempts in the Paris Olympics. But his second throw was 89.45 meters and this won him the silver medal. Whereas Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem committed only one foul.

Neeraj Chopra’s javelin throw in Paris Olympics

First attempt: foul
Second attempt: 89.45 meters
Third attempt: foul
Fourth attempt: foul
Fifth attempt: foul
Sixth attempt: foul

Arshad Nadeem’s javelin throw in Paris Olympics

First attempt: foul
Second attempt: 92.97 meters
Third attempt: 88.72 meters
Fourth attempt: 79.40 meters
Fifth attempt: 84.87 meters
Sixth attempt: 91.79 meters

Arshad is the first player to win gold for Pakistan
Arshad is the third player for Pakistan to win a medal in an individual event in the Olympics. Before him, Mohammad Bashir had won the bronze medal in men’s 73 kg wrestling in the Rome Olympics in 1960, which was Pakistan’s first medal in an individual event. Then in the 1988 Olympics held in Seoul, boxer Hussain Shah won the bronze medal in middleweight boxing.

Pakistan’s hockey team has excelled in the Olympics
Pakistan’s hockey team is having a tremendous performance in the Olympics. The Pakistani team won silver in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, gold in the 1960 Rome Olympics, silver in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, and gold in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. After this, the Pakistani team won silver in the 1972 Munich Olympics, bronze in the 1976 Montreal Olympics, gold in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and bronze in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.

Best throw of all 12 players in Paris Olympic Javelin final
1. Arshad Nadeem (Pakistan) – 92.97 meters
2. Neeraj Chopra (India) – 89.45 meters
3. Anderson Peters (Grenada) – 88.54 meters
4. Jakub Wadlech (Czech Republic) – 88.50 meters
5. Julius Yego (Kenya) – 87.72 meters
6. Julian Weber (Germany) – 87.40 meters
7. Keshorn Walcott (Trinidad and Tobago) – 86.16 meters
8. Lassi Etelatalo (Finland) – 84.58 meters
9. Oliver Helander (Finland) – 82.68 meters
10. Toni Keranen (Finland) – 80.92 m
11. Luiz Mauricio da Silva (Brazil) – 80.67 meters
12.Andrian Mardare (Moldova)- 80.10 m

Neeraj Chopra is the first Indian to do so
Neeraj Chopra has also created history by winning the silver medal in javelin throw in Paris Olympics 2024. He became the first player from India to win a silver medal after gold in the Olympics in an individual event. Before this, Abhinav Bindra had won gold for India in shooting in Beijing 2008 Olympics but after that he could not make any noise. Earlier, Abhinav Bindra had won gold for India in individual event (shooting) in Beijing 2008. But he could not win any medal after this.

Neeraj Chopra is excellence personified! Time and again he’s shown his brilliance. India is elated that he comes back with yet another Olympic success. Congratulations to him on winning the Silver. He will continue to motivate countless upcoming athletes to pursue their dreams… pic.twitter.com/XIjfeDDSeb

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 8, 2024

If Neeraj had won gold in Paris, he could have become the fifth player in the world and the first from India to retain the title in the history of the Olympics. Along with this, he could also become the first Indian to win 2 gold medals in an individual event of the Olympics. But he missed this record.

Apart from this, only wrestler Sushil Kumar and badminton star PV Sindhu have been able to win any two medals in individual events in the Olympics. After him, Neeraj is the third Indian who has won any two medals in the Olympics. But Sushil and Sindhu could not win the gold medal. He won bronze medal in Beijing 2008 and then silver medal in London 2012. Whereas Sindhu won silver in Rio 2016 and bronze in Tokyo 2020.

Complete list of India’s Olympic medalists, know who became the winner and when.

*** Note: Norman Pritchard participated for India under the British flag, he was a player of British origin.