Neeraj Chopra lands in Paris for the Olympic Games.©AFP
Reigning Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra arrived at the Paris Olympic Games village on Tuesday and joined his teammates in the French capital. Neeraj, who won the historic gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, took to social media to share the news of his arrival in Paris. “Namaskar, Paris! Excited to finally reach the Olympics village,” Neeraj wrote in his X post. The 26-year-old also penned an inspiring message for Indian athletes on the ‘Wall of Positivity’. “This is presentation time,” he wrote on a post-it stuck to the wall.
Namaskar, Paris!
Excited to finally arrive at the Olympic Games village. #Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/qinx6MsMDl
-Neeraj Chopra (@Neeraj_chopra1) July 30, 2024
Neeraj will compete in the men’s Group A javelin throw qualifying round at the Stade de France on August 6. Compatriots hope for another podium for the star athlete of the Olympics.
In Tokyo, he became the first track and field athlete to win an individual gold medal for the country. He was the second Indian athlete to win an Olympic gold after Abhinav Bindra, who won gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the 10m air rifle competition.
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