{"id":36366,"date":"2018-08-28T05:16:13","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T05:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=36366"},"modified":"2018-08-28T05:16:13","modified_gmt":"2018-08-28T05:16:13","slug":"neeraj-chopra-bags-gold-in-javelin-throw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=36366","title":{"rendered":"Neeraj Chopra bags Gold in Javelin Throw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-36365\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP18239500727842_0.jpg\" alt=\"AP18239500727842 0\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" style=\"margin: 1px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP18239500727842_0.jpg 647w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP18239500727842_0-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP18239500727842_0-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/>India\u2019s Neeraj Chopra won a Gold Medal at the Asian Games with his personal best throw of 88.06 m in the Men\u2019s Javelin Throw Final. With this achievement, Neeraj has become only the second Indian to win a Gold in the Asian Games and the Commonwealth Games in the same year. The first to achieve this feat was legendary athlete Milkha Singh. Neeraj had received his maiden Commonwealth Medal in Australia, earlier this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">In the process, the Haryana lad created a new national record. India now has 8 medals in athletics which comes second after shooting in which the Indian contingent has managed to bag 9 medals. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">In other athletics event, Neena Varakil won a silver medal after jumping 6.51 meters in women\u2019s long jump in Indonesia. Meanwhile, Dharun Ayyasamy clocked 48.96 seconds in the 400 m hurdles to add another silver to India\u2019s tally.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India\u2019s Neeraj Chopra won a Gold Medal at the Asian Games with his personal best throw of 88.06 m in the Men\u2019s Javelin Throw Final. With this achievement, Neeraj has become only the second Indian to win a Gold in the Asian Games and the Commonwealth Games in the same year. 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