Neeraj Chopra Wins The Gold Medal At The World Championships.
Making History, Neeraj Chopra Wins The Gold Medal At The World Championships, While Arshad Takes Home The Silver.
Neeraj Chopra Became The First Athlete In Track And Field To Win A Gold Medal At The World Championships, Continuing His Stellar Career In Indian Athletics.
Following His Confirmation Of His Qualification For The Paris Olympics, Chopra, Who Had A Difficult Year Leading Up To The Championships, Went On To Win The Final In His Second Attempt With A Throw Of 88.17m, His Eighth Personal Best. Chopra Defeated His Pakistani Opponent Arshad Nadeem, Who Reached A Throw Of 87.82 Meters, In The Challenge.
Neeraj’s Start Wasn’t Good Because He Made A Foul On His Very First Attempt. Anyone Who Has Followed Neeraj Since His Gold Medal Victory At The Olympics In Tokyo Would Know That All He Needs Is One Successful Throw. And As Was To Be Expected, He Covered The Required 88.17 Meters On Just His Second Effort. After Recording His Season Best, Nadeem Made Two Consecutive Efforts Of 87 Meters Or More, But Neeraj’s Second Attempt Was Simply Too Brilliant To Be Beaten. With A Throw Of 86.67 Meters, Czech Republic Competitor Jakub Vadlejch Placed Third.

After Anju Bobby George’s Bronze Medal In 2003 In Paris, Neeraj’s Silver Last Year In Eugene, And Now The Historic Gold In Budapest, India Now Has Three Medals In The World Athletics Championships. This Adds To Neeraj’s Already Impressive Resume, Which Also Includes A Gold Medal From The Commonwealth Games, An Olympic Gold, An Asian Games Gold, And A Diamond League Gold.
The Other Two Indian Competitors, Kishore Jena And Dp Manu, Also Performed Well, Placing Fifth And Sixth, Respectively, With Throws Of 84.77 And 84.14 Meters, With The Former Setting A Personal Best.
Arshad’s Achievement As Pakistan’s First Medalist At The World Athletics Championships Was A Historic One For His Nation.
In Other Competitions, India’s Parul Choudhary Qualified Automatically For The Paris Olympics In 2024 By Placing 11th In The Women’s 3000m Steeplechase Finals