India's golden boy Neeraj Chopra has created history. He has become the first Indian athlete to win gold at the World Athletics Championships. Neeraj targeted the gold medal with a throw of 88.17 meters in the Javelin Throw event at the National Athletics Center in Budapest, the capital of Hungary. There are a total of six attempts, i.e. rounds in the final and Neeraj had thrown 88.17 meters in the second round itself. Since then he was maintaining the lead in the points table and this lead was maintained till the end.
A champion in Olympics, Asian Games, Commonwealth Games and Diamond League, this player had not only won gold in the World Athletics Championships before this tournament, but now he has a gold medal in his bag. Neeraj's six attempts were 88.17m, 86.32m, 84.64m, 87.73m and 83.98m.
Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem won the silver medal with a throw of 87.82 metres. At the same time, Jakub Vedlech of the Czech Republic targeted the bronze medal with the best throw of 86.67 meters. Neeraj was accompanied by two other Indian players DP Manu and Kishore Jena in the final. Kishor finished fifth with a best throw of 84.77m and DP Manu finished sixth with a best throw of 84.14m.
Neeraj could not do much in the first round. His attempt was called a foul. DP Manu threw the javelin at a distance of 78.44 meters. Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan threw 74.80 metres.
Neeraj made a comeback in the second round and finished first with a throw of 88.17m. He is on top at the end of the second round. Kishore Jena threw the javelin at a distance of 82.82 metres. He is in fifth position. DP Manu is at number 10 with a score of 78.44m. Arshad Nadeem is at the fourth position. He threw a throw of 82.81 meters in the second round.
Last time Neeraj had won a silver medal in the World Championship. The 25-year-old Indian star athlete won the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics. He also managed to win gold medals at the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games in 2018. He also won the Diamond League last year.
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