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Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, Kishore Jena and wrestler Vinesh Phogat will start their respective campaigns at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday. Tokyo Olympics-2020 gold medalists Chopra and Jena will participate in the qualification event of men’s javelin throw. The medal match of this event will be held on August 8.
On the 11th day of the ongoing Games in Paris, wrestler Vinesh Phogat will face Japan’s Olympic and world champion Yui Susaki in the pre-quarterfinal match of the women’s 50 kg. Susaki has not lost a single international match till date.
At the same time, the Indian hockey team will play world champion Germany in the semi-finals. Also, the Indian men’s table tennis team will face China in the pre-quarterfinals. The Indian team includes Achanta Sharath Kamal, Harmeet Desai and Manav Thakkar.
today’s medal event
- Selling: This will be the final race of the Women’s Donkey Race. Netra Kumaran will participate in it.
- sailing: There will be the final race of Men’s Donkey Race. Vishnu Saravanan will participate in it.
Now let’s talk about golden arm Neeraj Chopra…
Can Neeraj Chopra win second consecutive gold?
More than 140 crore Indian fans are hoping for a gold medal from Neeraj. If he wins gold, he will become the 5th javelin thrower in the world to do so. Till now, only Eric Lemming (Sweden 1908 and 1912), Jonny Maira (Finland 1920 and 1924), Chopra’s idol Jan Zelenji (Czech Republic 1992 and 1996) and Andreas T (Norway 2004 and 2008) have been able to win two consecutive Olympic golds.
Neeraj Chopra’s form…
- Participated in 3 tournaments this year, won gold in 2 Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra has played only 3 tournaments this year and won medals in all three. This year he has won silver medal in Doha Diamond League, gold medal in National Federation Cup and gold medal in Paavo Nurmi Games.
- This year all throws were above 80 Neeraj Chopra is in good form. He has the ability to throw the javelin more than 80 meters continuously. All the top-5 throws are more than 88 meters.
There is also a concern…
Left Paris Diamond League due to injury; Coach said- now there is no problem
Today’s qualification event will also be a fitness test for Neeraj, as he has been suffering from pain in the inner thigh muscle (adductor) this season. For this reason he did not participate in the Ostrava Golden Spike on 28 May.
Neeraj returned with a gold at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Finland in June with a throw of 85.97 metres. Then did not participate in the Paris Diamond League on 7 July. However, Neeraj’s coach has dismissed fitness related concerns and said that now there is no problem in his adductor.
Who can challenge Neeraj?
- Max Dehning: Dehning of Germany has scored 90.20 meters in February. This score makes him a gold contender.
- Jacob Wadlejsch: He is the world number-1 javelin thrower. He is the champion of Diamond League, in which Neeraj was defeated. The season best is 88.65 metres. Also won silver in Tokyo.
- Anderson Peters: Two-time world champion Peters won gold by defeating Neeraj in Oregon in 2022. Grenada’s Peters has a season best of 86.62 metres. The all-time best is 93.07 metres.
- Arshad Nadeem: The Pakistani star had won the silver medal in the World Championship last year by throwing 90.18 meters. Gold medalist of CWG-2022.
- Oliver Helander: Finland’s Oliver Helander is ranked fourth in the world and his season best is 85.75 metres.
Qualification group of men’s javelin throw in Paris Olympics
Group A: Julius Yego (Kenya), Oliver Helander (Finland), Leandro Ramos (Portugal), Keshorn Walcott (Trinidad and Tobago), Kishore Jena (India), Teura’itera’i Tupaia (France), Julian Weber (Germany), Roderick Jencke Dean (Japan), Alexandru Mihita Novak (Romania), David Wagner (Poland), Tony Keranen (Finland), Ihab Abdelrahman (Egypt), Curtis Thompson (USA), Patrix Gelmes (Latvia), Pedro Henrique Rodrigues (Brazil), Jacob Vadlejch (Czechia).
Group B: Neeraj Chopra (India), Gatiss Kaix (Latvia), Max Dehning (Germany), Cameron McEntyre (Australia), Arshad Nadeem (Pakistan), Marcin Krukowski (Poland), Lassi Attelatalo (Finland), Nnamdi Chincherem (Nigeria), Luiz Mauricio Da Silva (Brazil), Mustafa Mahmoud (Egypt), Artur Felfner (Ukraine), Timothy Hermann (Belgium), Anderson Peters (Grenada), Andrian Mardare (Moldova), Edis Matusevicius (Lithuania), Cyprian Mierzyglod (Poland).
