Shuttlecock star Saina Nehwal is facing backlash on social media for her comments about not knowing “javelin throw” until Neeraj Chopra won gold in 2021 during the Tokyo Olympics.
While talking to Shubhankar Mishra In his podcast, the badminton player said, “When Neeraj won, that’s when I came to know that athletics also has this sport. You will only gain knowledge when you see it, right? If you don’t see it, how will you know? I didn’t know anything about javelin throw. Frankly, I didn’t know. Because athletics has so many sports. I came to know only when the results came, that’s when I knew.”
She added: “I’m sure people didn’t know anything about badminton. They didn’t know who I was. Mr. Prakash is…It’s not that you don’t want to know, but you’re so busy in your own field, how much time do you spend digging into it? another thing. Otherwise, you will have to Google everything endlessly. If you are perfect in your own field, that is more than enough.”
Comment by Saina Nehwal Neeraj Chopra’s failure to know how to throw the javelin ahead of the 2021 gold medal sparked outrage on social media, with users criticising his lack of knowledge while some called it “unbelievable”. Kangana Ranaut of Indian sports.
“If Nehwal did not know how to throw javelin before Neeraj won and after she herself won bronze at the Olympics, then I am sorry that there are people like Nehwal in India.”
Others added: “I met Neeraj Chopra from the 2018 Asian Games.”
“Even in public schools this game exists,” added another.
One user joked: “I’ve also won at video games.“
Another addition“Nobody knows any game in India except cricket and cinema.”
“By the way, this game is always present at every school sports day, don’t fool people, everyone knows this game since childhood,” one user commented.
“Kangana Ranaut of Indian sports,” one user joked.
“It only took her a week to prove that she is the Kangana Ranaut of sports,” another added.
“I wonder what he did on the Annual Sports Day during his school days?”
“Unlike badminton, javelin is probably one of the oldest games played at the Olympics,” one user commented.
“An Olympic medalist and a veteran badminton player know nothing about javelin throwing”
Some users also supported his statement, where one user wrote, “I didn’t know anything about sports except cricket, hockey and football.”
“It is virtually impossible for an athlete to name all the sports played at the Olympics,” said another user in support of Nehwal.
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