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	- Neeraj Chopra has won a gold medal for India in the javelin throw event at Tokyo Olympics.
- The 87.58m throw got the Gold medal for him.
- This was also India’s first gold medal since shooter Abhinav Bindra’s won the 10m air rifle gold in 2008. 
- Neeraj Chopra won the independent India's first-ever athletics medal.
- He is from Panipat, Haryana.
- With Neeraj’s gold, India ended its campaign at the XXXII Olympiad with seven medals.
- This is the country’s best performance at the Summer Olympic Games.

                                 
                            
                                
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