World Athletics Championship concluded on Sunday (August 27) with India winning a Gold medal in Javelin thanks to their 25-year-old star Neeraj Chopra. However, there is a unique cricket connection with Athletics. Let us know about it in detail..
Neeraj Chopra became the third man ever to hold an Olympic gold and a Javelin Gold at the World Athletics Championships at the same time.
Neeraj Chopra became the first-ever Indian to win a World Athletics Championships Gold medal in his second attempt of 88.17m in the final where he faced a tough competition from his Pakistan opponent Arshad Nadeem.
Neeraj Chopra landed his Javelin at the 88.17m mark in the finals of the World Athletics Championships and took the Gold home. Here are the details of how much money Chopra and his Pakistan counterpart were awarded at the finals.
Neeraj Chopra was asked for an autograph from a Hungarian lady but he made a heart-warming statement when he realised that the home fan wanted it on the Indian flag.
Neeraj Chopra became the first Indian to clinch the Gold medal at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. The 25-year-old launched his Javelin to 88.17m in the final on Sunday.
Neeraj Chopra became the first Indian to win the World Athletics Championship gold as he beat his Pakistan opponent Arshad Nadeem to win the Javelin throw event with a massive 88.17m throw.
World Athletics Championships Javelin Throw Final Highlights: Neeraj Chopra became the first-ever Indian athlete to win the gold medal at the World Athletics Championship as his second attempt of 88.17 metres was the winner.
Arshad Nadeem and Neeraj Chopra will meet each other in the final of the World Athletics Championships in Budapest on Sunday.
World Athletics Championships: Neeraj Chopra and Arshad Nadeem will battle it out in the final of the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
Neeraj Chopra topped the Group A chart by throwing his season-best throw to directly qualify for the finals of the World Athletics Championships 2023.
India's ace Javelin star Neeraj Chopra recorded an 88.77m throw while Pakistan's star Arshad Nadeem registered an 86.79 throw to secure the qualification for finals.
India's ace Javelin player recorded an 88.77m throw in his first attempt to qualify for the finals of the World Athletics Championships 2023.
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Indian athlete Ram Baboo finished the 35km race walk final with a timing of 2:29:51s while Spain's Maria Perez won the women's race with a record time of 2:38:40s.
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The 25-year-old Paul produced his best jump of 16.79m in the three attempts he had.
During the qualification round for the final, the national record holder finished as the eighth best. Her best throw at that time was 59.60m.
China's Jianan Wang won the gold with a jump of 8.36m. Miltiadis Tentoglou of Greece won the silver with a best effort of 8.30m. Whereas Simon Ehammer (8.16m) of Switzerland took the bronze.
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