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India’s ‘Golden Boy’ and two-time Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra’s t-shirt from the Paris 2024 was inducted in the World Athletics Heritage collection. The star Indian javelin thrower, who won a silver at men’s javelin throw at Paris Olympic Games in August 2024, saw him being the only Indian in the 23 athletes list whose artefacts were inducted in the prestigious collection in Monaco.
Notably, Neeraj Chopra finished second, failing to defend his Olympic gold from the Tokyo Games. He fell just behind Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem, who set an Olympic record with his monstrous 92.97m throw at the Stade de France in the French capital in August this year.
Neeraj Chopra’s Paris Olympics shirt inducted in World Athletics Heritage collection
The development of Neeraj Chopra being the only Indian athlete to join 23 other athlete to feature in the iconic list was confirmed by World Athletics President Sebastian Coe. “Keeping our Olympic collection up to date, we are proud today to be announcing donations from a trio of Paris 2024 medallists: Yaroslava Mahuchikh, Thea LaFond and Neeraj Chopra,” World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said, as quoted by Olympics.com.
Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh and Dominica’s Thea LaFond also join Neeraj Chopra from Paris 2024
Apart from Neeraj Chopra, two more athletes from the 2024 Paris Olympics contributed to their unique collection. While Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh donated her singlet, name bib and shorts, Dominica’s first Olympic medallist, Thea LaFond gifted her crop top.
