Neeraj Chopra:The Golden Boy of India

For the very first time in the last 10 years the national anthem of India was played at the Olympics podium and the entire credit goes to Neeraj Chopra-the javelin man of India. Neeraj Chopra was born on December 24,1997 at Panipat in Haryana the region which itself has a great historical significance. But this man created history by winning a Gold at Tokyo the feat which was last achieved by Abhinav Bindra in Beijing. Neeraj came into the limelight after winning a gold medal in 2016 at junior World Championship which was held at Poland. He broke the junior world record with a throw of 86.48m there. In 2018 this golden man won gold medal in the commonwealth games and Asian games. But he suffered a sudden setback in his career when he had to undergo an elbow surgery in may 2019.He missed the IAAF world championships, Diamond league and Asian Championship as he was recovering from the injury.But 'Setbacks create the path of Success'.He came back with a bang in 2020 throwing a distance of 87.86m  at the ACNE league meeting in South Africa which secured his place in the Tokyo Olympics.In March 2021 he broke the national record by throwing a distance of 88.07m in Patiala which proved his tenacity to do something great in future.Neeraj is only 23 now.He started Tokyo 2020 as a dark horse.But in Paris 2024,he will surely be one of the favourites to win the medal.Congratulations Neeraj Chopra.We are proud of you.