'That day belonged to Nadeem': Neeraj on Paris Olympic javelin final

Neeraj Chopra

Star Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra says nothing went wrong in his silver-winning performance in the Paris Olympics final earlier this year and Pakistani Arshad Nadeem emerged champion as the "day belonged to him".

Chopra became the first Indian track-and-field athlete to win two successive Olympic medals by clinching a silver with a throw of 89.45m on August 8, but the day belonged to Nadeem, who destroyed the field with a new Olympic record effort of 92.97m for his country's maiden individual gold at the showpiece.

"Nothing was wrong, everything was right. The throw was also good. Getting a silver [medal] in the Olympics is also not a small thing. There was disappointment. But, I feel that the competition was very good, and it was tough," Chopra told PTI in an interview.

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"The gold medal is won by the person to whom the day belongs to. That day was [Arshad] Nadeem's day." "I have been competing with Nadeem since 2016, and it is for the first time that he has won," said the 26-year-old athlete from Khandra village in Haryana's Panipat district.

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