NEW DELHI: India's star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, who won the silver medal at the Paris Games, commended Arshad Nadeem's outstanding performance after the Pakistani athlete clinched the gold medal. Chopra acknowledged that this marked the first instance since 2016 where Arshad had triumphed over him in competition.
Despite entering the final as the favorite, having recorded an impressive 89.34 meters in the qualifying round, Neeraj's best effort of 89.45 meters, his second-best ever and a significant improvement from his gold medal-winning throw of 87.58 meters in Tokyo, was not enough to secure the top spot.
