Olympics: Chopra lends golden sheen to India's best ever Games show

Olympics: Chopra lends golden sheen to India's best ever Games show

The Star Online - Sport·2021-08-08 21:01

TOKYO (Reuters) - Neeraj Chopra's soaring javelin did not just earn India their first Olympic gold in athletics on Saturday, it also meant that the contingent will return from Tokyo with seven medals, their biggest Games haul ever.

The world's second most populous nation has been an Olympic laggard and the six medals the contingent won in London 2012 was the best outing for the nation of 1.35 billion before Tokyo.

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