BHUBANESWAR: The buzz was back at the Kalinga stadium on Wednesday. The Federation Senior Athletics Championships concluded with the Neeraj Chopra show that saw the Olympic champion battle hot and humid conditions and a feeble challenge from his teammates to win the gold in javelin.
The champion from Haryana was unhappy with his performance but didn't disappoint the fans who gathered to get a glimpse of the golden boy. Chopra, who had a tough time keeping his focus during warm-up with even officials getting up close to garland him or pose for photographs, opened with a modest throw of 82m but that was only good enough for the second place with Karnataka's Manu DP opening with 82.06m.
