Neeraj Chopra won India's first gold medal in Olympic track and field with a throw of 87.58 meters to clinch the javelin title at the Tokyo Games on August 7, 2021. India's only previous medals in Olympic track and field were two silvers won by Norman Pritchard in the 200-meters and the 200-meter hurdles at the 1900 Paris Games. Neeraj was the first athlete from India to win gold in javelin at the Asian Games 2018 and the Commonwealth Games 2018. Jakub Vadlejch took silver with a best mark of 86.67 meters and former world champion Vitezslav Vesely won bronze with 85.44.