Shivpal Singh

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Shivpal Singh is an Indian Athlete in the Javelin Throw category. He is regarded as the second-best Javelin Thrower in Indian history after Neeraj Chopra. Shivpal Singh(right) with Neeraj Chopra.He also became the second Javelin thrower after Neeraj Chopra to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics. This feat came in the Athletics Central North East (ACNW) league meeting at Potchefstroom, South Africa, 2020. He booked his slot with an 85.47-meter throw. Interestingly, he failed to reach 80 meters in his first three attempts. His stats read as 79.97m, 78.68m, 79.33 and 81.50. This was his 5th chance.After winning the ticket to Tokyo Olympics he said I am very relieved that I have been able to secure the qualification standard after missing out on a few occasions. My best throw came a few days before the qualifying period started and I went past the 83m at the World Military Games in Wuhan and the South Asian Games in Kathmandu..During his childhood, Shivpal was an overweight kid. His father then sent him to his uncle house in New Delhi to hone his Javelin skills and get fully equipped with all those techniques associated with the sport. He got trained for almost six years. He termed that time as Brutal but in a positive way. Recalling that time, he once said I still remember training in Palam (a major suburb and residential colony in South West Delhi). Everyone knows how harsh Delhi winters are. Now imagine training in that. You would have people with 2-3 layers covering themselves, while I would be out here sweating. It used to be that bad. I would feel really bad back then. But when I look back now, I think those days and that training is whats made me the athlete that I am today..In 2012, he got selected in the Indian Airforce as Junior Warrant Officer. Shivpal Singh in Indian Air Force.In 2015, he got selected in the Junior World Championships but, due to an injury, he was left out. In the following year, he won the Budapest Open Athletics in Hungary in the men Javelin Throw event.He has the personal best score of 86.23 meters, which he achieved in the Asian Championships 2019. He bagged a silver medal in that event finishing behind Taipeis Asian record-holder Chao-Tsun Cheng. Shivpal Singh after winning the silver medal in Asian Championship 2019 in Doha Shivpal Singh welcomed at IGI airport after winning the silver medal in Asian Championship 2019.Later that year, Shivpal bagged a gold medal in the 2019 Military World Games at Wuhan the capital of Hubei Province, China when he scored 83.33 meters. He beat his Polish counterpart, Krukowski Marcin. Ten thousand athletes participated in that event out of 140 countries across 27 disciplines. India bagged six silver and one bronze in total.He also took part in the Diamond League meeting in Oslo, Norway in 2019 where he finished at eighth position with the throw of 80.87 meters as highest.During the Asian Games in 2018, Shivpal failed to perform and was finished eighth. He could manage only one throw out of three chances due to an elbow injury.