Neeraj Chopra wins historic World Athletics Championships gold with incredible 88.17 throw in javelin fina

Neeraj Chopra won his maiden WorldAthletic Championships gold medal of Sunday night

 

(Neeraj Chopra wins hid maiden)

At the men's javelin throw final competition in Budapest on Sunday, Neeraj Chopra accomplished another historic feat by becoming the first Indian athlete to earn a gold medal. In the final, Chopra's second effort saw him throw the javelin 88.17 metres, which stood as the event record. Neeraj's performance was a substantial improvement over his silver medal performance at the Worlds in 2022

In the final, the reigning Olympic gold medalist didn't get off to the best start, only getting 79 metres; Neeraj was obviously not pleased with the throw and chose to not count the score at all, so he stepped the line to force a foul. The Indian thrower reserved his finest throws for the second attempt in the championship; riding on a massive amount of fan support, Chopra took his run and, in usual fashion, started to celebrate long before the javelin had touched down.

Arshad Nadeem, Chopra's fellow Pakistani and gold medalist, came in second with 87.82m, just behind the Indian. Jakub Vadlejch of the Czech Republic won third place in 86.67m.

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88.17 throw in javelin fina


India's superstar javelin thrower also became only the third in history to simultaneously hold the Olympics and World Championships titles in the sport, after the iconic Jan Zelezny of Czech Republic and Andreas Thorkildsen of Norway.

Zelezny clinched Olympics gold in 1992, 1996 and 200 while winning World Championships title in 1993, 1995 and 2001. Thorkildsen won gold in 2008 Olympics and 2009 World Championships.