 The Golden Boy : Neeraj chopra

Neeraj Chopra's historic 88.13m throw earns India its first-ever World Athletics Championships silver medal.

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Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour.

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Neeraj Chopra, an Olympic gold medalist, threw the spear 88.39 metres to qualify for the World Athletics Championship final.

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Neeraj became interested in javelin at the age of 11 after watching Jaiveer, a Haryana-based javelin athlete.

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Satish Kumar, Neeraj Chopra's father, is a farmer, and Saroj Devi is a housewife. He also has two sisters.

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