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Tokyo Olympics Gold Medal Winner, Neeraj Chopra got involved in a controversy after his interview with Times of India. He said "I was searching for my javelin at the start of the final (in Olympics). 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 with it'. He gave it back to me. That's why you must have seen I took my first throw hurriedly"
Neeraj's statement was taken negatively by the fans, and they have questioned Nadeem's intention as he's from our neighbouring country, Pakistan. On his twitter account, Neeraj Chopra has expressed his disappointment to his fans after seeing people's reaction and has urged the Neitzens to not make an issue about his statment, and not to question Nadeem's intention of Tampering Neeraj's javelin.
https://twitter.com/Neeraj_chopra1/status/1430817221308157954?s=19
Chopra thinks the whole controversy is pretty unnecessary, and doesn't want to include himself and don't want his comments to be used for fake propaganda.
https://twitter.com/Neeraj_chopra1/status/1430816302415843331?s=19