Neeraj Chopra wins gold 2023
Neeraj Chopra created history by winning gold in the World Athletics Championships. Throwing a throw of 88.17 metres, he gave India its first gold in World Championship history. Earlier, he won the silver medal and Anju Bobby George won the bronze medal.
Highlights
Neeraj Chopra won gold in the World Championship with a throw of 88.17m.
He became the first Indian to win gold at the Athletics World Championships
The silver medal was named after Arshad Nadeem of neighboring country Pakistan
Olympic Gold, Gold in Diamond League and now Gold in World Athletics Championship 2023.. Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has taken India to the moon in sports as well. When this athlete, who is called the pride and pride of India, topped the qualifying, then everyone expected that the last time's work would be completed this time. The same thing happened. Neeraj won the gold medal with a throw of 88.17 metres.
First Indian to win Gold in Athletics World Championships history
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With this he created history. He is the first Indian to win gold in Athletics World Championships history, while this is the third medal. Earlier, she had won the silver, while long jumper Anju Bobby George won the bronze. The silver medal of the event went to Nadeem of Pakistan and the bronze medal to Yakub of the Czech Republic.
Neeraj Chopra's first throw was foul, golden throw in the second round itself
Neeraj, who widened India's chest by winning the gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics, did not start as expected. His first throw resulted in a foul, while Germany's Julian Weber was on top with a throw of 85.79m. When Neeraj took the second attempt, everyone kept watching. The Indian star didn't even look at him after throwing the javelin. As if he was sure that this throw is the best. This time he had a throw of 88.17 metres, which won him the gold.
Pakistani Arshad Nadeem remained at number two
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On the other hand, Pakistani thrower Arshad Nadeem finished second with 87.82m (season's best). He touched this figure in the third attempt. With this, Julian slipped down as Jakub Vedlech of Czech Republic threw 86.67m in the 5th round and reached number three. Arshad tried his best to get ahead, but could only throw 87.15m in the fourth round and 81.86m in the sixth round. His 5th attempt was foul.
On the other hand, India's other two athletes, Kishore Jena, had the best throw of 84.77m. He finished 5th and DP Manu finished 6th with a throw of 84.14m. This was the first time that 3 athletes from India qualified for the final of the javelin throw.