Neeraj Chopra was the first Indian to win Gold at the world athletic championships in Budapest by throwing 88.17m.
it is a historic moment for India. Neeraj Chopra became the first Indian to win a gold medal in the world athletic championships. The 32-year-old javelin star shows the world his record of 88.17m.
Neeraj Chopra’s first-round score throw was 82.59m. 2nd round core was 88.17m– the season’s best throw.
Other Indian athletes Kishore Jena threw 84.77m securing his 5th place and DP Manu threw 84.14m securing 6th place in world athletic championships.
Neeraj on winning the medal at the World Athletic Championships, “This is great. after the Olympics gold, I really wanted to win the world championships. I just wanted to throw farther. this is brilliant for the national team. but it was my dream to win gold at the world championships.”
Neeraj Chopra also said,” This has been a great championship for India. I am proud to bring another medal for my country. I wanted to throw more than 90 metres tonight. but it needs all parts of the puzzle to be there. I couldn’t put it all together this evening. maybe next time.”
How Neeraj Chopra became World Champion ЁЯеЗ
— ESPN India (@ESPNIndia) August 27, 2023
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Tweet from ESPN.
How Much Money Neeraj Chopra Won
It is a Historic moment for India. Neeraj Chopra has become the first one to win the gold for India in the world athletic championships. The gold medalist Neeraj Chopra won prize money of $70,000, nearly around 58 lakhs. Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem won $35,000 nearly 29lakh. he secured 2nd place in the finals of world athletics championships.
Men’s Javelin results
- 1st place- Neeraj Chopra [India]- 88.17m
- 2nd place- Arshad Nadeem [Paksistan]- 87.82m
- 3rd place- Jakub Vadlejch [CZE] – 86.67m
Neeraj Chopra also won gold in the Tokyo Olympics
IT'S JAVELIN GOLD FOR INDIA ЁЯЗоЁЯЗ│@Neeraj_chopra1 is the #Tokyo2020 javelin champion with 87.58m!
— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) August 7, 2021
He becomes the first Indian athlete in history to win an #Olympics title in #athletics pic.twitter.com/YEj5IaL8ML
Before Neeraj Chopra won gold in the Tokyo Olympics by throwing 87.58m.
