Mihir Vasavda at Asian Games: How Neeraj Chopra held his nerve despite measuring controversy to win come-from-behind gold in javelin
Like a bunch of horticulturists, three men bend forward, squint and pore over a damaged patch of grass. After a minute of careful analysis, one of them looks unhappy and leads the other two to a different hole a few yards away, and the sequence repeats.
It’s the final night of track and field at the Asian Games. The Hangzhou Olympic Stadium is packed to its capacity. And under the big bright lights, in the middle of the sprawling field, three puzzled technical officials are trying to find the spot where Neeraj Chopra’s javelin landed.