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Gold Boy managed Silver

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Neeraj Chopra is considered as the Golden boy of India and India's hopes were on Neeraj to win the Gold medal for India like the Tokyo Olympics but it was Arshad Nadeem from Pakistan who won Gold with a Monstrous Javelin throw of 92m. This was the 1st Silver for India in Paris Olympics.
 
I was shocked when I read the news that Neeraj Chopra won silver medal. I was expecting that he would win the gold medal. He has always performed well in the major events. Arshad Nadeem is a good athelete but has never performed better than Neeraj Chopra.
 
That's good news then, they had high hope for him to win a gold but ended up with a silver, its still pretty impressive though and definitely not an easy feat.
 
Yes, it is not easy to win a gold medal from a player. Anyway, at least he won a silver, because winning a medal in the Olympics is not easy. I hope the government of India has learned by now and will come up with better preparations next time.
 
Sanjeev said:
I was shocked when I read the news that Neeraj Chopra won silver medal. I was expecting that he would win the gold medal. He has always performed well in the major events. Arshad Nadeem is a good athelete but has never performed better than Neeraj Chopra.
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I was also feeling shocked because of this but as per the news Neeraj was injured and still managed Silver so it's an achievement.
 
Hmm. Nadeem is a good athlete, but he was never able to defeat Neeraj Chopra in any major championship. But this time he threw the javelin too long and won the gold medal. He made a new Olympic record with it.
 
That's what happened when someone is getting too much hype. A lot was expected from the Chopra kid but he couldn't live up to it. Was it his fault? Probably not, he was most likely expected to deliver more than what he is capable of.
 
Teegold said:
That's what happened when someone is getting too much hype. A lot was expected from the Chopra kid but he couldn't live up to it. Was it his fault? Probably not, he was most likely expected to deliver more than what he is capable of.
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This is the first time he was defeated by this Pakistani opponent. This is because Neeraj was suffering from pain and will have surgery of Hernia soon. But this Pakistani boy showed good perfomance by breaking the Olympics record.
 
This is the level of Neeraj Chopra that this guy won silver but still people are feeling bad because they know he has the ability to win Gold
 
Ginger said:
This is the level of Neeraj Chopra that this guy won silver but still people are feeling bad because they know he has the ability to win Gold
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No, this is not his level. He should have won the gold medal. Nadeem never threw the javelin so consistently above 90 meters; he was fortunate that he managed to do this in the Olympics, or, as you can say, it was bad luck for Chopra.
 
It was unfortunate and not sure why he got injured, he is getting all the facilities and funds from the government and have ads too so not sure why he was not fully fit and prepared
 
Neeraj Chopra is undoubtedly the Golden boy and the recent silver in Olympics doesn't change him being called the Golden boy . He has Gold in all major tournaments. And this silver despite his injury is an incredible achievement.
 
How I wish it was Gold and that would have helped India reach a better ranking but with a single gold medal Pakistan has a better ranking than India
 
Athletes are prone to injuries. There has been no athlete or sportsperson in the history without any history of injury. It's a part of their career. They all go through minor and major injuries. And few treatments including some surgeries too. And field athletes run more risk of backaches, muscle pull etc. Despite the protection belt, the run and throw in Javelin does not make you 100 percent safe from back muscle pull, spine displacement or knees issue.
 
Yes Javelin throw is not easy and you really need to throw it with full energy and in the process you do get hurt many times but this means we need to wait for the next olympics and hope other athletes do well too
 
He is definitely the best athlete India has produced. It is said that Milkha Singh and PT Usha were among the best and lost bronze in fractions of seconds, but I think Neeraj Chopra is better than both of these athletes.
 
We can't compare athletes from different times. When Milkha Singh and PT Usha pursued their athletic careers, the support and infrastructure was not so good. Milkha Singh used to practice on barefoot. Without any doubt, Neeraj Chopra is a world class athlete and one of the best in the world. Athletes of each generation inspire many more in coming generations.
 
Teegold said:
That's what happened when someone is getting too much hype. A lot was expected from the Chopra kid but he couldn't live up to it. Was it his fault? Probably not, he was most likely expected to deliver more than what he is capable of.
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This is not hype sir. He's such a gem and just figure out he won silver but still everyone was dissappointed
 
Neeraj Chopra is not someone hyped. Whatever he has today is all that he has earned and truly deserves. He is a very down to earth person coming from a humble background. He has one of the best records that any athlete can have. And that shows his consistency in performance. He has a streak of Gold medals in all the major events. And a silver in Olympics despite a bad injury is a feat in itself. He is one athlete to have Gold and Silver medals in two consecutive Olympics. That's incredible
 
arunima25 said:
Neeraj Chopra is not someone hyped. Whatever he has today is all that he has earned and truly deserves. He is a very down to earth person coming from a humble background. He has one of the best records that any athlete can have. And that shows his consistency in performance. He has a streak of Gold medals in all the major events. And a silver in Olympics despite a bad injury is a feat in itself. He is one athlete to have Gold and Silver medals in two consecutive Olympics. That's incredible
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And my intuition says he will win a medal at the next Olympics and the Asian Games. He is one of the best athletes we have ever had in India. The event in which he won the medals is not so popular in India, and I don't think before him someone ever had such a good performance in the major events.
 
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