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07/08/21 01:05 AM IST

National Javelin Day

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  • The Athletics Federation of India has announced that August 7 each year would be celebrated as National Javelin Throw Day with competitions in all States and Union Territories to commemorate Neeraj Chopra’s feat of winning the country’s first athletics gold medal in the Olympic Games in Tokyo with a throw of 87.58m.

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  • The 23-year-old Neeraj is India’s second individual Olympic gold medallist after Abhinav Bindra.
  • Neeraj bagged the gold medal in men’s javelin throw at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on 7th August 2021.
  • Neeraj has scripted the history at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo when he threw the javelin to a distance of 87.58m to end India’s medal drought in athletics at the Olympics.
  • This is India’s first-ever gold medal in athletics in the history of the Olympics.
  • AFI’s bid to name August 7 as Javelin Throw Day is an attempt to attract more youth towards the sport.
Source- AIRNEWS

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