Recently in an interview, Neeraj Chopra revealed that after his return from Tokyo Olympics, his training and health suffered because of the incessant number of events that he is having to attend, for which he had to skip the Diamond League.
In the same interview, Chopra revealed an interesting story about something that happened during the day of the Olympic finals concerning Pakistan javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem.
TOI quoted him saying:
“I was searching for my javelin at the start of the final. I was not able to find it. Suddenly, I saw Arshad Nadeem was moving around with my javelin. Then I told him, ‘Bhai, give this javelin to me. It is my javelin. I have to throw it.’ He gave it back to me. That’s why, you must have seen, I took my first throw hurriedly.”
However, several people online started trolling Arshad Nadeem.
Why did Arshad Nadeem take away Neeraj Chopra's javelin during the Olympics finals just before his throw? pic.twitter.com/wneIBujFNj
— Ajay Sehrawat (@IamAjaySehrawat) August 25, 2021
Tokyo Olympics gold medallist Neeraj Chopra revealed that Pakistan athlete Arshad Nadeem had taken away his javelin just before the final. When Neeraj found that Arshad had his Javelin, then he asked him to give it back.
A Pakistani players forte! pic.twitter.com/7vPfXDsgp2
— Krishna Priya (@Krishna_Priiya) August 25, 2021
Hopefully, when Bollywood will make biopic on Neeraj Chopra, they will show this detail too. pic.twitter.com/s2pD0LPH4V
— Anshul Saxena (@AskAnshul) August 25, 2021
Later, Neeraj Chopra took to Twitter to address such tweets trolling his competitor. He requested people not to misconstrue his words and said that he was deeply saddened by this behavior.
“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,” he said.
Have a look at the video here:
मेरी आप सभी से विनती है की मेरे comments को अपने गंदे एजेंडा को आगे बढ़ाने का माध्यम न बनाए। Sports हम सबको एकजूट होकर साथ रहना सिखाता हैं और कमेंट करने से पहले खेल के रूल्स जानना जरूरी होता है 🙏🏽 pic.twitter.com/RLv96FZTd2
— Neeraj Chopra (@Neeraj_chopra1) August 26, 2021
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 Chopra (@Neeraj_chopra1) August 26, 2021
It is truly a shame when some people find excuses to portray a fellow competitor in a negative light.