Indian gold medallist Neeraj Chopra is being praised and trolled for his gesture towards Pakistani athlete Nadeem Khan. In a recent interview, he had quoted that he wished Nadeem too shared Podium with him.

Pakistani javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem, whose picture shaking hands with Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra in 2018 Asian Games had gone viral, topped Group B in the qualification round to reach the final at Tokyo Olympics.

At the Olympic Stadium, the 23-year-old Chopra, the junior world champion, cleared the automatic qualifying mark of 83.50 metres with his first attempt of 86.65 metres in Group A to emerge a strong contender for a medal in the final to be held on Saturday. Vetter qualified second from Group A with a throw of 85.64 metres.

Soon after the victory a tweet from Nadeem was floating congratulating Neeraj for the victory and feeling sorry for not winning. The tweet was later removed from the account and the latest report now suggest that this was actually done by a fake account, which used the Pakistan athletes name.

Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem has shared the podium with Chopra at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, was overall third with his best throw of 85.16 metres after he topped Group B. News Desk

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