India’s ‘Golden Boy’ Neeraj Chopra on Tuesday aced the men’s javelin qualification at the Paris Olympics 2024 with a gigantic throw of 89.34m. The ace Indian athlete registered the second-best performance of his career behind the 89.94m achieved in Tokyo. While the defending champion declared that he is ready for the high-quality javelin throw Olympic finals, he seems to have received massive support from Indian cricket star Rishabh Pant, who is currently in Sri Lanka for a white-ball series.
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As per Pant’s latest post on microblogging site X, the wicketkeeper-batter has announced prize money of ‘INR 100089’ for the fans who ‘like and comment the most’. The post further promised ‘flight tickets’ for the ‘rest top 10 people’.
“If Neeraj chopra win a gold medal tomorrow. I will pay 100089 Rupees to lucky winner who likes the tweet and comment most. And for the rest top 10 people trying to get the attention will get flight tickets. Let’s get support from india and outside the world for my brother,” Pant’s X post read.
If Neeraj chopra win a gold medal tomorrow. I will pay 100089 Rupees to lucky winner who likes the tweet and comment most . And for the rest top 10 people trying to get the atttention will get flight tickets . Let’s get support from india and outside the world for my brother— Rishabh Pant (@RishabhPant17) August 7, 2024
It seems like the Indian cricketer’s X account was likely hacked on Wednesday morning as there have been a couple of Olympic-related posts made since 7 AM IST. However, there is no confirmation as of yet.
Meanwhile, the fans have begun reacting to it.
Neeraj Chopra will win the Gold. ⭐— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) August 7, 2024
Excellent gesture. I will also give ₹7777 to 2 lucky winners who comment under my reply if Neeraj Chopra wins gold tomorrow— Titu (@TituTweets_) August 7, 2024
Excellent Gesture Pant Bhai . I’ll Also Give ₹5050 To 3 Lucky Winners Who Comment Under My Reply If Neeraj Chopra Wins Gold Medal Tomorrow!!— Sravan Salaar (@Sravan__Prabhas) August 7, 2024
Excellent gesture. I will also give ₹7007 to 1 lucky winner who comments under my reply if Neeraj Chopra wins gold tomorrow.— Dhruv Aggarwal (@tweetfromdhruv) August 7, 2024
Good Gesture Pant Bhai . I Will Also Give ₹6080 To 5 Lucky Winners Who Comment Under My Reply If Neeraj Chopra Wins Gold Medal Tomorrow— Ashhu (@PrabhAshhu) August 7, 2024
Excellent gesture. I will also give ₹5100 to 1 lucky winners who like and comment under my reply if Neeraj Chopra wins gold tomorrow— Professor Sahab (@ProfesorSahab) August 7, 2024
Excellent Gesture Pant Bhai . I’ll Also Give ₹4040 To 3 Lucky Winners Who Comment Under My Reply If Neeraj Chopra Wins Gold Medal Tomorrow!!— HARDIN (@Nari_Prabha_) August 7, 2024
Results from the javelin qualification
Chopra, also the reigning world champion, topped the qualification round – combined of Group A and B – with his monster throw. Two-time world champion Anderson Peters (88.63m) of Grenada was second in Group B as well as overall standings.
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Julian Weber of Germany, who won Group A with 87.76m, was third overall, while reigning Commonwealth Games champion Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan also qualified for the finals with a throw of 86.59m in Group B.
Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Jakub Vadlejch of the Czech Republic, who was the only man to have beaten Chopra this year in the Doha Diamond League, was seventh overall with a first-round throw of 85.63m.
(With Agency Inputs)
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