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Follow UsHe was Neeraj Chopra there in Oregon to throw his javelin at the historic mark. Finally, the Sunday morning of July 24 ended a medal drought for India in the World Athletics Championship after a long wait of 19 years. Chopra ended up changing the color of the medal for India in the track and field event at Worlds 2022 for India.
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The 24-year-old threw his Javelin to the best distance of 88.13m which came up with a silver medal for him. He registered this throw in his fourth attempt during the final. Neeraj’s counterpart from Grenada, Anderson Peters bagged the yellow metal with the best throw of 90.54. Notably, Peters has successfully his Worlds title.
Jakub Vadlejch won the bronze medal with his best throw of 88.09m. Speaking of other participants, then German javelin thrower Julian Weber finished at the fourth spot with his throw of 86.86m.
Neeraj Chopra survived three fouls in the final to win Silver
The Karnal-based javelin sensation of India has become the first Indian man athlete to win a medal World Athletics Championships. Simultaneously, he is only the second athlete from India to achieve this feat. Last time, she was long jumper Anju Bobby George who won a bronze medal at the World Athletics Champs of 2003.
Although it was not a good start for Chopra at the beginning of the final, his first throw went into a foul, and an 82.39m in his second throw. Improvements begin for him when registered a distance of 86.37m in his third attempt.
Even, till his third throw, the Olympic champion was away from the medal in the finals. But he eventually ended that and threw the javelin to the distance of 88.13m in the fourth attempt to make it to the second spot in the finals.
Calculating the day overall, it was not one of the days when Neeraj could be in his original zone. The fifth and sixth attempts from the Indian champion ended in foul throws.
Recalling the qualification round, then Chopra finished at the top spot in the Group A qualification round. He made it to the finals with an overall second spot in the qualification round following Peters who touched a mark of 88.39 with his throw.