Option 2 : 7 August
The correct answer is 7 August.
- The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has decided to name August 7 as ‘Javelin Throw Day’ in India to honour Neeraj Chopra’s first historic Olympic gold.
- Neeraj bagged the gold medal in men’s javelin throw at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on August 7, 2021.
- He is India’s second individual Olympic gold medallist after Abhinav Bindra.
- This is India’s first-ever gold medal in athletics.