Neeraj Chopra’s Paris Olympics t-shirt added to World Athletics’ Heritage Assortment

Indian javelin star Neeraj Chopra donated the t-shirt that he had worn within the Paris Olympics earlier this 12 months to the Museum of World Athletics (MOWA) on Saturday. Chopra is amongst 23 athletes whose competitors artefacts have been inducted into the World Athletics Heritage Assortment, which is at present on show within the 3D absolutely digital museum of athletics.

The 26-year-old from Haryana, who had develop into India’s first particular person gold medallist in athletics through the Tokyo Video games in 2021, gained silver within the Paris Olympics in August along with his second-round throw of 89.45 metres.

Regardless of being a greater effort than the 87.58m throw that secured him the highest spot on the rostrum in Tokyo, Chopra ended up ending second with Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem successful gold with a throw measuring 92.97 metres that ended up shattering the Olympic file.

Apart from Chopra, Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh, the World Athletics (WA) girls’s area occasion athlete of the 12 months, and her fellow Paris Olympic medallist Thea LaFond are among the many athletes whose competitors artefacts have been inducted into the heritage assortment.

🇺🇦’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh and fellow @Paris2024 Olympic medallists together with 🇮🇳’s Neeraj Chopra are among the many athletes whose competitors artefacts are inducted into the World Athletics Heritage Assortment, displayed on the web 3D platform of the Museum of World Athletics.

— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) December 12, 2024

WA president Sebastian Coe lauded the athletes for donating their competitors gear and medals.

“Maintaining our Olympic assortment updated, we’re proud to be saying donations from a trio of Paris 2024 medallists: Yaroslava Mahuchikh (excessive soar), Thea LaFond (triple soar) and Neeraj Chopra. Thanks to the athletes who’ve so kindly donated their competitors clothes, footwear and even medals to our museum’s assortment in 2024,” stated Coe in an announcement.

“This 12 months we’ve got acquired historic Olympic-winning objects from two icons of the Nineteen Sixties, Wyomia Tyus and Billy Mills, and from 1980 Olympic 100m champion Allan Wells, plus the 2000 and 2008 Olympic heptathlon gold medallists, respectively Denise Lewis and Nataliia Dobrynska.

“With world file setting footwear and singlets from Filbert Bayi (middle-distance runner), David Rudisha (middle-distance) and Devynne Charlton (hurdler) additionally amongst this 12 months’s inductions, it’s value reminding ourselves that there could be no assortment, no Museum of World Athletics, with out the athletes selflessly supporting our heritage programme. Thanks on your generosity.”

With PTI inputs