Hi Everyone!! This article will share Gold At Last Questions & Answers.
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Gold At Last Questions & Answers
Question 1: Complete these sentences:
1. Neeraj could perform well on the day of the finals because he was confident of his ability and did not let the fact that he was playing in the Olympics affect his concentration.
2. Satish Chopra made Neeraj join a gym in order to keep him healthy and fit.
3. People often jeered at Neeraj because instead of choosing a common sport, Neeraj had chosen javelin throw, a sport about which very little was known.
4. Jaiveer recognised Neeraj’s talent when he saw Neeraj throw the javelin to a distance of 40 metres without any training.
5. Neeraj received the Arjuna Award because he was the first Indian javelin thrower to win the gold at the Asian Games.
Question 2: Who inspired Neeraj to get into sports activities? How? What attracted him to javelin throw?
Answer: Neeraj’s father, Satish Chopra, first introduced him to sports to keep him healthy and fit. Neeraj was made to join a gym in Panipat. While running at the Shivaji Stadium in Panipat, Neeraj chanced to see some javelin throwers practising. This attracted him to the sport and so he tried his hand at throwing the javelin.
Question 3: Why did the entire nation celebrate Neeraj’s success?
Answer: The entire nation celebrated Neeraj’s success as he won India’s first medal in the track-and-field events in the Olympics. The medal had come after a wait of more than 100 years and that too a gold medal.
Question 4: How did Neeraj come to be interested in javelin throw?
Answer: As a child, Neeraj had no interest in sports. It was his father, Satish Chopra, who had first introduced him to sports and made him join a gym in Panipat to keep him healthy and fit. It was while he was running at the Shivaji Stadium in Panipat that Neeraj chanced to see some javelin throwers practising there. He was immediately attracted to the sport and tried his hand at throwing the javelin.
Question 5: Who was the source of inspiration for Neeraj? What was odd about it?
Answer: At the Tokyo Olympics, his two main competitors were Jakub Vadlejch and Vitezslav Vesely of the Czech Republic. It was strange that their coach, Jan Zelezny, world record holder and Olympic champion in javelin throw, had always been a major source of inspiration for Neeraj.
Question 6: Why did Jaiveer Choudhary offer to coach Neeraj?
Answer: At the Sports Authority of India centre at Panipat, the javelin thrower and sports coach, Jaiveer Choudhary, noticed that Neeraj had immense potential. It is for this reason he offered to coach Neeraj.
Gold At Last Questions & Answers
Question 7: What were his achievements in 2012 at Bangkok and Poland?
Answer: Neeraj became the national champion (under 16) in javelin in 2012. He won his first international medal in the Youth Olympics Qualification in Bangkok and became the first Indian track-and-field athlete to set a world record with a throw of 86.48m at the World (under 20) Championships 2016 in Poland.
Question 8: How did the Indian Army help Neeraj become a star javelin thrower?
Answer: After seeing Neeraj’s outstanding performance, including his performance at the World U20 Championships 2016, where he set the world record with a throw of 86.48m, the Indian Army took him as a Junior Commissioned Officer in 2017. Neeraj joined as ‘Naib Subedar’ in the Rajputana Rifles. This gave him the opportunity to train at the ‘Mission Olympics Wing’ of the Indian Army, as well as at the Army Sports Institute in Pune, two premier sports training facilities. This level of training helped Neeraj win gold in both the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games in 2018.
Question 9: What happened in 2019? Say how it affected Neeraj’s game.
Answer: In 2019, Neeraj injured his elbow and had to wait for more than a year for it to heal. Thus, he could not participate in any international competition that year. This could have easily demotivated him, as the previous year had been a very good one for him. But Neeraj did not let this minor setback adversely affect his game. He took it in his stride and did not lose hope. He continued to practise diligently. As a result, when Neeraj returned to competitive sport in January 2020, he was easily able to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.
Question 10: What was his ranking at the Tokyo Olympics? Why is he not complacent or arrogant?
Answer: Neeraj’s performance in the Tokyo Olympics made him enter into the position of World Number 2. His love for the sport kept him free from complacency and arrogance.
Question 11: Show with examples from the text how Neeraj’s determination and hard work helped him achieve success.
Answer: As a young child, when Neeraj opted to take up javelin throw, many people who were sceptical about this little-known sport, jeered at him and made fun of him, but this did not deter Neeraj from following his dream. He had made up his mind to excel at it and was willing to do whatever it took to be the best in it. Every day, he would set off in the wee hours of the morning and travel miles by bus or by taking a lift in a tractor or a bike to reach the stadium to practise the sport he loved. Again, when Neeraj injured his elbow in 2019 and had to wait for more than a year for it to heal before he could participate in any international competition, he did not lose hope. In fact, he practised so diligently that he went on to qualify for the Olympics.
Question 12: Read the lines and answer the questions:
As the 23-year-old winner stood on the victory stand with the gold medal round his neck and the Indian national anthem was being played, an entire nation celebrated his success.
(a) Who is the winner?
Answer: The winner is Neeraj Chopra.
(b) Where did he win the gold medal?
Answer: He won the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics.
(c) Why was he given the gold medal?
Answer: He was awarded the gold medal for the men’s javelin throw.
So, these were Gold At Last Questions & Answers.