India finished with a historic 1-2 in the men's javelin event at 2023 Asian Games, with Neeraj Chopra and Kishore Jena finishing at gold and silver, respectively
The Indian Army took to the social media platform 'X' and said, "Neeraj Chopra makes us proud again!! IndianArmy congratulates Subedar Neeraj Chopra on bagging Gold Medal in Men's Javelin at the World Athletics Championship 2023 in Budapest with a throw of 88.17 meters."
Controversy erupted after Times of India published an interview with Neeraj Chopra where he spoke about how just before his first throw, his javelin was with Pakistani athlete Arshad Nadeem.