False

Neeraj Chopra won silver in the Javelin throw event at the Paris Olympics 2024, not gold.

India had won 4 bronze medals till now in the ongoing Paris Olympics 2024. People were hoping that the first gold medal for India would come at the javelin throw event. Against this backdrop, a social media post claiming that Neeraj Chopra won gold in the Paris Olympics 2024 is going viral. 

However, Fact Crescendo found the claim to be false. Neeraj Chopra won silver in the javelin event at the Paris Olympics 2024. Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem won the gold. 

Many users are congratulating Neeraj Chopra for winning the gold at the javelin throw event at the Paris Olympics 2024. Below you can see one such post. 

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Fact Check- 

A relevant keyword search on Google led us to NDTV’s news report on 9 August 2024. According to the report, in the final of men’s javelin competition at the Paris Olympics 2024, Neeraj Chopra scored 89.45 meters and won the silver medal. Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan won the gold medal by throwing 92.97 meters. 

We searched the Olympics website to confirm the news. We came to know that Neeraj Chopra threw 89.45m javelin and bagged the silver medal in second place. On the other hand, Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem has won the gold medal by throwing javelin over 90 meters twice in the final.

Below you can see the final list of the winners of the men’s javelin final at the paris Olympics 2024. 

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Conclusion: 

Fact Crescendo found the claim to be false. Neeraj Chopra won the silver medal and not gold at the Paris Olympics 2024’s javelin throw event. Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem won the gold medal.

Title:Neeraj Chopra won silver in the Javelin throw event at the Paris Olympics 2024, not gold.

Fact Check By: Siddharth Sahu

Result: False

Siddharth Sahu

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