India’s star javelin-thrower Neeraj Chopra has clinched the Gold at the Sotteville Athletics meet in France.
Neeraj, who had won the gold medal at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games earlier in 2018, threw 85.17 metres to bag the yellow metal with a massive margin late on Tuesday in Sotteville-les-Rouen of France’s Normandy region.
Moldova’s 23-year-old thrower Andrian Mardare threw a distance of 81.48 metres to take the silver while 22-year-olf Edis Matusevicius of lithuania had ro settle for Bronze after hitting a mark of 79.31metres.
Neeraj’s performance was brilliant as he did not falter in even a single attempt and completed each of his rounds.
Even as his score of 85.17 metres came in his fifth attempt, he came close to his eventual winning mark in his third attempt.
Although the 20-yeqar-old Indian clinched the Gold with the 85.17 metre-throw, this was not Chopra’s personal best throw.
He had earlier improved his own national record with a throw of 87.43 metres at the IAAF Diamond league.
Chopra had finished fourth in that particular league in the season-opening leg.
Earlier in the year, Neeraj struck a Gold medal for India with a throw of 86.47m in men's Javelin Throw Final at the Commonwealth Games.
The 20-year-old from Panipat is also a part of India's squad for the Asian Games 2018 and all eyes will be on him as he will be gunning for the gold in Jakarta as well.