You Are Such An Inspiration For All Of Us: Neeraj Chopra To Devendra Jhajharia

Mumbai: Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra on Monday lauded Devendra Jhajharia after the javelin thrower won a silver medal at the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics. Javelin throwers Jhajharia and Sunder Singh Gurjar won silver and bronze medals respectively in the men’s standing javelin (F46) event on Monday.

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Neeraj, who won a gold medal in the javelin throw event at the Tokyo Olympics earlier this month, congratulated the two para-athletes for their excellent performance in the Games.

“Devendra bhai sahab: you are such an inspiration to all of us Congratulations on your 3rd #Paralympics medal! Many congratulations to Sundar bhai also for winning a bronze,” Neeraj Chopra tweeted.

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Neeraj had thrown 87.02m in his first attempt but bettered his record to win the gold medal with a distance of 87.58m in the second essay.

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Coming back to the para-athletes, Jhajharia won the silver medal with a personal best throw of 64.35. It was also his third medal at the Paralympic Games.

Meanwhile, Sundar captured bronze with a season-best throw of 62.58. Sundar went first among the Indian trio in the final as he started with a season-best of 62.58.

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