Neeraj Chopra wins javelin for India's first ever Olympic athletics gold
Caption: Silver medallist Czech Republic's Jakub Vadlejch, gold medallist India's Neeraj Chopra and bronze medallist Czech Republic's Vitezalav Vesely pose after the men's javelin throw final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
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Chopra, 23, managed a winning best of 87.58 metres to go one better than India's previous best: two silver medals won in the 200m and now-defunct 200m hurdles at the 1900 Paris Games by British-Indian Norman Pritchard.
The Czech Republic filled out the podium at Tokyo's Olympic Stadium, Jakub Vadlejch taking silver with 86.67m and Vitezslav Vesely claiming bronze with 85.44m.