New Delhi: After clinching the gold medal in Tokyo 2020, India's 'golden boy' is all set to defend his gold medal from the Tokyo Olympics 2020 as he looks to become the first Indian Olympian in individual sports to win back-to-back gold medals. Neeraj started his qualification throw in style as he threw 89.34m in his first throw and thereby surpassed the qualification mark of 84m. Starting list of athletes in the Men's Javelin Throw finals Jakub Vadlejch- Czechia Anderson Peters- Grenada Keshorn Walcott- Trinidad & Tobago Arshad Nadeem- Pakistan Julian Weber- Germany Julius Yego- Kenya Neeraj Chopra- India Andrian Mardare- Moldova Oliver Helander- Finland Luiz Maurício da Silva- Brazil Toni Keränen- Finland With the Paris Olympics 2020 reaching the business end of the tournament, Neeraj's tournament performance becomes even more pertinent as the entire nation looks towards that glimmering gold medal. Chopra's fellow countryman and compatriot Kishore Jena failed to qualify for the finals as he slumped to a 9th-place finish with a throw of 80.73m. The Indian Olympic contingent has gone through a lot in the Paris Olympics 2024 from wrestlers getting disqualified to heartbreaking finishes for Indian Olympic athletes (4th place finish). Naturally, Neeraj's gold will ensure that a bandage is wrapped around all those bleeding wounds. When is the Men's Javelin throw at the Paris Olympics 2024? Neeraj Chopra will try to defend his gold medal at Paris 2024 on the 8th of August at 11:55 PM (IST). Where to watch the final of the men's javelin at the Paris Olympics 2024? Media outlet Viacom18 has acquired exclusive rights to stream the 2024 Paris Olympics. The Paris Olympics 2024 will be telecasted live on the Sports18 networks. The various languages in which the viewers can avail the benefit of the telecast of the Olympics are as follows: Sports18 1- English, Tamil and Telegu Sports18 2- Hindi Fans can also watch the Finals of the Men's Javelin Throw at the Paris Olympics 2024 for free on the OTT on Jio Cinema across multiple languages.
