Lessons to learn from Neeraj Chopra


When I wrote my first blog for my school, I said this line, “I hope the Olympics goes on smoothly and India can win many gold medals! Go India!”

Well we did ! Did you think India would win an Olympic gold medal? Did you think it would be in athletics?  I certainly did not. And the person we have to thank for making this happen is Neeraj Chopra.




So who is Neeraj Chopra? Neeraj Chopra is a javelin thrower in the men's category who is very good.Want to hear his inspiring story? Well, here it is!


Neeraj Chopra was born on 24 December, 1997. He is the son of a farmer in Panipat village, Haryana. When he was 12 years, he weighed a lot - over 90 kg!


His father was very concerned about his weight so he was taken to a sports academy. There he was bullied for his weight. One day, he picked a javelin and threw it and it went over 40 meters and the coach was impressed and started teaching him.Soon, he became an expert. Training and traveling to different tournaments was difficult but somehow his family managed with a lot of help to send him to these events. 


He was injured badly in 2019 but somehow he threw 87.86 Meters in South Africa to qualify for the Olympics.





Then came the Tokyo Olympics. Before the tournament, the most famous player in Javelin, Johannes Vetter said that Neeraj is good but cannot beat him. Neeraj did not reply to this comment. He was focused on this training. 


On the day of the final, Neeraj took the lead on his first attempt with a throw of 87.03 Meters.In the second attempt he went even higher with 87.58 meters and from there no one was challenging him as he won gold.


With this medal, he broke a lot of records like first to win an athletics gold in independent India and second individual gold medalist in the 21st Century (after Abhinav Bindra) giving India its highest medal tally. 


Thanks to Neeraj we heard Jana Gana Mana playing in the winner’s podium. That was the best moment of the Olympics. From Neeraj we can learn that we should never give up. We should always work hard. 



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  1. Mohan sApril 1, 2022 at 9:25 PM

    Very well written. Every boy and girl should read this blog and take inspiration to achieve their goals in life.

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