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Topic: Neeraj Chopra

Neeraj Chopra entered sports to lose weight. Boys would tease him, call him ‘sarpanch’

In 'The Man Who Made History,' Norris Pritam tells the story of Neeraj Chopra, the ace javelin thrower who secured India's first track and field gold at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

After Asiad silver, Odisha boy Kishore Jena sets sights on Olympics. His advice — ‘trust your coach’

Jena speaks about his Asian Games 2023 experience, 1st encounter with javelin throw, relationship with Neeraj Chopra, training regime & plans for Paris Olympics.

‘Dangerous journos’ & 2024 ‘Poll Games’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

‘A player is a player’: Neeraj Chopra’s mother refuses to lionise son’s gold over Pakistani rival

The golden boy of Indian athletics bested his arch rival Arshad Nadeem by 0.35 metres at the World Athletics Championships held in Budapest last week.

Neeraj Chopra wins Indian hearts with gold and Pakistanis’ with flag gesture

Pakistanis applauded the act of grace and camaraderie. But few pointed out that Nadeem not having a flag was a dent on the country’s administration.

MP CM Chouhan’s handouts undermine Modi’s criticism of opposition over freebies

ThePrint view on the most important issues.

Neeraj Chopra creates history, wins India’s first gold at the World Athletics Championships

Chopra final throw was of 88.17 metre, while Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem and Czech Republic's Jakub Vadlejch bagged silver and bronze with throws of 87.82 and 86.67 metre respectively.

Neeraj Chopra qualifies for men’s javelin final in first attempt at World Athletics Championships

Placed in Group A Qualifier, the Olympic gold medalist recorded a massive throw of 88.77m in his first attempt, surpassing the qualifying mark of 83.00m.

Olympian Neeraj Chopra secures his second straight Diamond League title in Lausanne

Chopra, who had skipped 3 top events due to a muscle strain, had won the season-opening Diamond League in Doha on 5 May with his fourth career-best throw of 88.67m.

‘It hurts me’ — Olympian Neeraj Chopra extends support to protesting wrestlers, demands justice

Chopra expressed his disappointment a day after IOA president PT Usha came down heavily on the wrestlers for hitting the streets to resume their protests against WFI chief.

On Camera

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.