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Aug 2021
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Cut The Clutter: Neeraj Chopra makes us ...

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Neeraj Chopra’s historic golden Olympic debut brings India its first Olympic Track and field medal, promises resurgence of India’s focus on the parent of sports, athletics. In episode 807 of CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta explains the evolving craft of Javelin throw and talks about some top Indian athletes of the past. 

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