TIL Desk Sports/ Tokyo Olympics gold medallist Neeraj Chopra on Thursday said he was ‘disappointed’ to see people pushing their ‘vested interests’ following a viral video that showed the Indian athlete on the lookout for his javelin moments before the finals of the javelin event in August.
The video doing the rounds on social video further showed the Indian athlete spotting his javelin in the hands of Pakistan athlete Arshad Nadeem and then rushing towards him to take it back before his first attempt on the historic night.
While the turn of events leading into the throw didn’t hamper Neeraj’s prospects of winning the gold, many fans questioned the motive behind Nadeem picking ‘someone’ else’s javelin. Neeraj on Thursday requested everyone to not use him or any of his comments as a medium to further their vested interests.
‘I would request everyone to please not use me and my comments as a medium to further your vested interests and propaganda. Sports teaches us to be together and united. I’m extremely disappointed to see some of the reactions from the public on my recent comments,’ Neeraj said in a video he posted on Twitter.
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