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Jhajharia eyes 3rd gold

2004 and 2016 javelin throw gold medallist confident of winning yellow metal at Tokyo Paralympics

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India’s Devendra Jhajharia during the IPC Athletics World Championships at France in 2013. Pic/AFP

India’s Devendra Jhajharia during the IPC Athletics World Championships at France in 2013. Pic/AFP

When everybody is busy cheering for India’s new golden boy, Neeraj Chopra, there is a double gold medallist in the same discipline—far away from the limelight—fine-tuning his skills to clinch a third gold for himself and India. And unlike Chopra, Devendra Jhajharia has only one arm.

His is a name that not many may know, but Jhajharia was the one who made India proud by winning their first gold in the F-46 javelin throw even at the 2004 Athens Paralympics and followed it up with another at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.

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