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Neeraj Chopra Makes Paris Olympics Bow: A Look At His Competitors

India's golden boy Neeraj Chopra will begin his men's javelin throw title defence at the Paris 2024 Olympics from the qualification round on Tuesday. The reigning Olympic and world champion has a season's best of 88.36m set at the Doha Diamond League in May. He holds the national record of 89.94m, achieved at the Stockholm Diamond League in Sweden in June 2022. With top-level competition experience, the 26-year-old Chopra is widely expected to advance through the qualification round. The real challenge, however, will begin on Thursday when he could face a formidable line-up of rivals in the final.

Sweden Star Armand Duplantis Copies Yusuf Dikec After Paul Vault World Record, Shooter Reacts

Sweden's Armand Duplantis bettered his own world record as he grabbed the Paris Olympics pole vault title in on Monday. In a sensational finish to the fifth day of track and field at the Stade de France, Duplantis sailed over the bar raised to 6.25 meters to make the gold medal his own. The effort received rapturous applause from a 69,000-capacity crowd as the Swedish star bettered the 'world record' by 1cm his own previous best of 6.24m set at the Xiamen Diamond League meet in April. What Duplantis did after clinching the gold, however, went viral on social media.

Armand Duplantis breaks own pole vault jump record, wins Olympic gold - ESPN

SAINT-DENIS, France — The pole vaulter they call «Mondo» really can put on a show.

Peerless Duplantis caps golden night with pole vault world record

PARIS :Sweden's Mondo Duplantis retained his Olympic pole vault title with ludicrous ease on Monday, needing only four successful attempts to take gold with 6.00 metres, then capped a memorable night by beating his own world record with a clearance of 6.25.