Neeraj Chopra Beats Pakistani Arshad Nadeem And Becomes 1st Indian To Win Gold At World Athletics Championships

Neeraj Chopra, The Golden Boy of Indian athletics is now a world champion. In the National Athletics Center in Budapest, his javelin reached a distance of 88.17m making him proud of India for winning the gold.

The 25-year-old Neeraj Chopra is now the first Indian who win a gold medal at the World Athletics Championship.

Javelin King Niraj Chopra has an Asian Games gold medal, a Commonwealth Games gold, a Diamond League title, an Asian Championships gold, and a U-20 world title. Chopra’s trophy cabinet will now showcase a World Championship gold medal too.

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In the championship, Niraj Chopra’s competitor in the qualifiers was Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem. Arshad Nadeem threw the javelin to 86.79m. And India’s Kishore Jena did a throw of 84.77m in his fifth attempt. However, Neeraj’s next attempts were 86.32m, 84.64m, 87.73m, and 83.98m.

Pakistani Nadeem gave Niraj the maximum competition. Niraj in his first attempt made a false throw. But in the second throw, he made a comeback with 88.17m. Where Nadeem threw 87.82m in his best third attempt.

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