Updated On: 21 October, 2024 08:14 AM IST | Lucknow | PTI
“The gold medal is won by the person to whom the day belongs to. That day was [Arshad] Nadeem’s day.”

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.