Paris 2024 Olympics Highlights, 8th August, Men's Javelin Throw Medal Ceremony: Neeraj Chopra Wins SILVER MEDAL, ARSHAD NADEEM TAKES GOLD

Neeraj Chopra Medal Ceremony Schedule

The medal ceremony of Neeraj Chopra, Arshad Nadeem is scheduled to take place on August 9, 2024, at 10:30 PM IST.

Neeraj Chopra Medal Ceremony

Official confirmation: The medal ceremony won't take place today but tomorrow evening. Will share the timing shortly

'Neeraj Chopra, the unstoppable'

Bharat Army pays their respect to the legend Neeraj Chopra!

🔥🫡 𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝘆 deliveres our first silver at #ParisOlympics.

📷 Getty • #NeerajChopra #JavelinThrow #Olympics #Paris2024 #TeamIndia #BharatArmy #COTI🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/kdALKvp7GZ

— The Bharat Army (@thebharatarmy) August 8, 2024

VVS Laxman: 'Amazing effort to win two back to back olympic medals'

"Congratulations #NeerajChopra on winning the silver medal at the #ParisOlympics. Amazing effort to win two back to back olympic medals," tweets VVS Laxman

Congratulations #NeerajChopra on winning the silver medal at the #ParisOlympics. Amazing effort to win two back to back olympic medals. pic.twitter.com/9BO0vDAm2u

— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) August 8, 2024

Wishes pour in for Neeraj Chopra!

Indian cricket team coach Gautam Gambhir tweets: "The icon never returns without bringing joy to every Indian! #NeerajChopra 🥈"

The icon never returns without bringing joy to every Indian! 🇮🇳🇮🇳 #NeerajChopra 🥈 pic.twitter.com/eRI2Wc41DB

— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) August 8, 2024

Paris 2024 Men's Javelin Throw Medal Ceremony

Don't go anywhere as the men's javelin throw medal ceremony is coming up soon with Neeraj Chopra collecting India's first silver medal at the Paris Olympics. Comes after long wait of four bronze medals and two weeks since Olympics began!

Arshad Nadeem throws 91.79m of his final throw!

Arshad Nadeem ends the night with second biggest throw of the night with a 91.79m! What a way to announce himself to the world. Neeraj Chopra scripts history as he becomes the first individual Indian to win a gold and silver at the Olympics!

• Arshad Nadeem - 92.97m (Gold)
• Neeraj Chopra - 89.45m (Silver)
• Anderson Peters - 88.54m (Bronze)
• Jakub Vadlejch - 88.50m (4th place)
• Julius Yego - 87.72m (5th place)
• Julian Weber - 87.40m (6th place)

Neeraj Chopra takes silver medal!

Neeraj Chopra fouls his final throw too and settles for silver medal with a throw of 89.45m! This means Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem is new Olympic Champion!

Anderson Peters Jakub Vadlejch finishes fourth!

Anderson Peters takes bronze medal while Jakub Vadlejch finishes fourth as none improved their performances. It's now between Neeraj and Arshad to decide the gold medal!

• Arshad Nadeem - 92.97m
• Neeraj Chopra - 89.45m
• Anderson Peters - 88.54m (Bronze)
• Jakub Vadlejch - 88.50m (4th place)
• Julius Yego - 87.72m (5th place)
• Julian Weber - 87.40m (6th place)

Men's Javelin Throw Final

None of Julian Weber and Julius Yego succeeds in improving their performances of their final attempts!

• Arshad Nadeem - 92.97m
• Neeraj Chopra - 89.45m
• Anderson Peters - 88.54m
• Jakub Vadlejch - 88.50m
• Julius Yego - 87.72m
• Julian Weber - 87.40m

Paris Olympics Men's Javelin Final - 6th Round

The sixth and final round is all set to begin! Lassi Etelatalo, who is 8th, will start the first of the last eight throws of the night!

Neeraj Chopra fouls fifth attempt too!

Neeraj Chopra fouls his fifth attempt and is furious with himself as he yells in frustration after the throw!

• Arshad Nadeem - 92.97m
• Neeraj Chopra - 89.45m
• Anderson Peters - 88.54m
• Jakub Vadlejch - 88.50m
• Julius Yego - 87.72m
• Julian Weber - 87.40m

Paris Olympics: Anderson Peters, Jakub Vadlejch Fails to improve

Anderson Peters throws a good 87.38m with his fifth attempt but changes nothing on the leadership board. Meanwhile Vadlejch goes less than 80m with his penultimate attempt. Neeraj Chopra is up next!

• Arshad Nadeem - 92.97m
• Neeraj Chopra - 89.45m
• Anderson Peters - 88.54m
• Jakub Vadlejch - 88.50m
• Julius Yego - 87.72m
• Julian Weber - 87.40m

Men's Javelin Throw Final: 5th Round

The fifth round begins with Julian Weber improving his performance with a throw of 87.40m. Julius Yego couldn't improve with his throw right after!

• Arshad Nadeem - 92.97m
• Neeraj Chopra - 89.45m
• Anderson Peters - 88.54m
• Jakub Vadlejch - 88.50m
• Julius Yego - 87.72m
• Julian Weber - 87.40m

Neeraj Chopra fouls his fourth attempt!

Neeraj Chopra fouls his fourth attempt on purpose after realising it's not going to cross 85m. Meanwhile, Arshad Nadeem throws less than 80m right after!

• Arshad Nadeem - 92.97m
• Neeraj Chopra - 89.45m
• Anderson Peters - 88.54m
• Jakub Vadlejch - 88.50m
• Julius Yego - 87.72m
• Keshorn Walcott - 86.16m

Anderson Peters goes third!

Anderson Peters goes third with a big throw of 88.54m, pushing Jakub Vadlejch out of medal position. The Czech fouls his throw right after. Neeraj Chopra to throw next!

• Arshad Nadeem - 92.97m
• Neeraj Chopra - 89.45m
• Anderson Peters - 88.54m
• Jakub Vadlejch - 88.50m
• Julius Yego - 87.72m
• Keshorn Walcott - 86.16m

Men's Javelin Throw: Fourth round begins!

Julian Weber begins the fourth round but fails to improve on his best throw of 87.33m as he throws 86.65m

• Arshad Nadeem - 92.97m
• Neeraj Chopra - 89.45m
• Jakub Vadlejch - 88.50m
• Anderson Peters - 87.87m
• Julius Yego - 87.72m
• Keshorn Walcott - 86.16m

Men's Javelin Final: Top 8 Confirmed!

Top 8 throwers for the night progress to the last three throws while Oliver Helander, Toni Keranen, Luis Mauricio, Andrian Mardare are eliminated

Neeraj Chopra fouls his third attempt!

Neeraj Chopra fouls his third attempt! He will have three more chances of overtaking Nadeem tonight and will have to do by producing the best throw of his life!

• Arshad Nadeem - 92.97m
• Neeraj Chopra - 89.45m
• Jakub Vadlejch - 88.50m
• Anderson Peters - 87.87m
• Julius Yego - 87.72m
• Keshorn Walcott - 86.16m

Julius Yego throws 87.72m!

Kenya's Julius Yego throws 87.72m to present his medal claims for the night. He will certainly among the top 8 throwers, who will compete in the last three throws!

• Arshad Nadeem - 92.97m
• Neeraj Chopra - 89.45m
• Jakub Vadlejch - 88.50m
• Anderson Peters - 87.87m
• Julius Yego - 87.72m
• Keshorn Walcott - 86.16m

Arshad Nadeem with another big throw!

Arshad Nadeem throws 88.72m with his third attempt but he is not happy with that! Probably because the attempt won't be recorded following his Olympic record throw earlier

• Arshad Nadeem - 92.97m
• Neeraj Chopra - 89.45m
• Anderson Peters - 88.50m
• Anderson Peters - 87.87m
• Keshorn Walcott - 86.16m

Jakub Vadlejch with his biggest throw!

Tokyo silver medallist Jakub Vadlejch responds with a throw of 88.50m to go third in his third attempt! Arshad Nadeem is up soon after Keshorn Walcott couldn't improve on his third attempt

• Arshad Nadeem - 92.97m
• Neeraj Chopra - 89.45m
• Anderson Peters - 88.50m
• Anderson Peters - 87.87m
• Keshorn Walcott - 86.16m
• Julius Yego - 80.15m
• Jakub Vadlejch - 80.15m
• Lassi Etelatalo - 78.81
• Arshad Nadeem - x
• Julian Weber - x

Men's Javelin Final: Third round to begin

All the throwers are done with their second attempts, the competition head for the third of the sixth round!

Neeraj Chopra responds big!

Neeraj Chopra responds with a big throw! He goes 2nd with a throw of 89.45m! That's his season best and better than his qualifying throw too! Can he catch Arshad Nadeem tonight, Can anybody catch the Pakistani tonight?

• Arshad Nadeem - 92.97m
• Neeraj Chopra - 89.45m
• Anderson Peters - 87.87m
• Keshorn Walcott - 86.16m
• Julius Yego - 80.15m
• Jakub Vadlejch - 80.15m
• Lassi Etelatalo - 78.81
• Arshad Nadeem - x
• Julian Weber - x

Neeraj Chopra in action next!

Neeraj Chopra is in action next!

Men's Javelin Throw: OLYMPIC RECORD ALERT!

Arshad Nadeem breaks the Olympic record with a big throw of 92.97m! Andreas Thorkildsen's 90.57m in 2008 Beijing is now history! The Pakistani can't belive he's done it!

• Arshad Nadeem - 92.97m
• Anderson Peters - 87.87m
• Keshorn Walcott - 86.16m
• Julius Yego - 80.15m
• Jakub Vadlejch - 80.15m
• Lassi Etelatalo - 78.81
• Arshad Nadeem - x
• Julian Weber - x
• Neeraj Chopra - x

Anderson Peters sets the mark!

Anderson Peters takes the lead with first big throw of 87.87m! He takes the lead! Arshad Nadeem is next!

• Anderson Peters - 87.87m
• Keshorn Walcott - 86.16m
• Julius Yego - 80.15m
• Jakub Vadlejch - 80.15m
• Lassi Etelatalo - 78.81
• Arshad Nadeem - x
• Julian Weber - x
• Neeraj Chopra - x

Men's Javelin Final: Yet to see a statement throw

Yet to show a big throw tonight as the next three throwers didn't impress much either!

• Keshorn Walcott - 86.16m
• Anderson Peters - 84.70m
• Oliver Helander - 81.24m
• Arshad Nadeem - x
• Julian Weber - x
• Neeraj Chopra - x

Neeraj Chopra fouls first attempt!

Neeraj Chopra fouls his first attempt too as he is not happy with his throw and decides not to see it!

• Keshorn Walcott - 86.16m
• Anderson Peters - 84.70m
• Julius Yego - 80.15m
• Jakub Vadlejch - 80.15m
• Lassi Etelatalo - 78.81
• Arshad Nadeem - x
• Julian Weber - x
• Neeraj Chopra - x

Neeraj Chopra in action soon!

Kenya's Julius Yego and Finland's Lassi Etelatalo start with modest throws of 80.15m and 78.81m. Neeraj Chopra is up next!

• Keshorn Walcott - 86.16m
• Anderson Peters - 84.70m
• Julius Yego - 80.15m
• Jakub Vadlejch - 80.15m
• Lassi Etelatalo - 78.81
• Arshad Nadeem - x
• Julian Weber - x