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GK QUESTION#767

During which Summer Olympic Games did Neeraj Chopra win the gold medal?

  1. A2012
  2. B2020Correct answer
  3. C2008
  4. D2024
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B. 2020

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2020. Neeraj Chopra won the gold medal in men’s javelin throw at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics (held in 2021 due to the pandemic). His throw of 87.58 metres made him the first Indian athlete to win an Olympic gold in athletics and only the second individual Olympic gold medallist for India after Abhinav Bindra.

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