CWG 2018 | Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra secures Gold with season best throw in Gold Coast

Chopra won Gold last year at the Asian Athletic Championships 2017, with a throw of 82.23 m. He went up against the very best in the game in Gold Coast in a bid to win India’s first medal in the event. After a strong start to the event, which saw Chopra rise to a Gold medal spot after a throw of 85.50 m, he faltered in his second attempt before he could hit a mark of 84.78 in his third attempt. However, his best was yet to come as he managed to better his own score with a winning effort of 86.47 meters in his fourth attempt to secure Gold.

The other Indian competing in the event, Vipin Kashana, finished fifth with a best of 77.87. The young Chopra, who is coached by Garry Calvert, had qualified for the CWG after hurling a spear to a distance of 85.94m in his sixth attempt at the Federations Cup senior national athletics Championships in Patiala. His coach has termed him a “once-in-a-generation-talent".