Neeraj Chopra Clinches Gold at Sotteville Athletics Meet, Virender Sehwag Congratulates the Javelin Thrower

Neeraj Chopra, India’s star javelin-thrower, clinched the gold medal at the Sotteville Athletics meet in France. Neeraj had earlier won the gold medal at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games 2018 as well. The 20-year-old, who hails from Panipat, threw 85.17 metres to bag the gold in Sotteville-les-Rouen of the Normandy region. The second best throw came from Moldova's Andrian Mardare, who threw a distance of 81.48m to take the silver. The bronze medal went to Edis Matusevicius (79.31m) of Lithuania. This Is How Virender Sehwag Reacted After Virat Kohli and Co Lost to England in 3rd ODI.

Neeraj’s performance was brilliant as he did not falter in even a single attempt and completed each of his rounds. Meanwhile, former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag, who is quite active on social networking sites, was quick to congratulate Neeraj for his gold-winning effort.

“Congratulations Neeraj Chopra on the Gold with an effort of 85.17m in Sotteville Athletics Meet beating the 2012 Olympic champion. Wishing you even more success always,” tweeted Sehwag. Javelin Thrower Neeraj Chopra Strikes Gold at Sotteville Athletics Meet in France.

Even as his score of 85.17m came in his fifth attempt, he came close to his eventual winning mark in his third attempt. Although he clinched the gold with the 85.17m throw, this was not the Indian's best throw. He had earlier improved his own national record with a throw of 87.43 metres at the IAAF Diamond League where he finished fourth in the season-opening leg. Neeraj is also a part of India's squad for the Asian Games 2018 and all eyes will be on him as he will be gunning for the gold in Jakarta as well. (Inputs IANS).

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