TOKYO 2020 OLYMPICS – FULL COVERAGE | INDIA IN FOCUS | SCHEDULE | RESULTS | MEDALS TALLY | PHOTOS | OFF THE FIELD | EBOOK
August 7, 2021, this day will be etched in the history books in India because it was the day when the country of billions won its first gold medal in athletics when Neeraj Chopra, a 23-year-old from Panipat won the men’s javelin throw event in Tokyo. The penultimate day of the quadrennial games was however the last day of India’s action in the 32nd Olympics and the athletes made it sure that it was a memorable one. Apart from Neeraj, wrestler Bajrang Punia won a bronze medal and golfer Aditi Ashok went toe-to-toe with the best golfers in the world and only lost out of medal contention in the last round of action as she finished the women’s golf stroke play event in fourth place.
On the final day, August 8, after conducting a few remaining…
