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In a celebrating piece of news for the ardent sports fans in India, Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra has created history in the Diamond League by winning a historic gold meal. The 24-year-old javelin prodigy finished recording his highest throw in the competition of javelin throw with a distance of up to 88.44.
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Neeraj overpassed Jakub Vadleich of the Czech Republic and Julian Webber of Germany to create history for the Indian contingent. Although, the start for Chopra was not that much expected as he ended up doing a foul in the first attempt. In the first attempt, German javelin thrower Vadleich reached the distance of 84.15m with his throw. But after that, Neeraj’s second throw of 88.44m remained unbeaten till the end of the competition.
Indian sports fans celebrated Neeraj’s historic gold by heaping their praises on him through social media. They took to Twitter for appreciating the Rohtak-based sensation.
Here’s how Twitter reacted to the historic gold of Neeraj Chopra:
After Gold, it is diamond for
— Femina (@FeminaIndia) September 9, 2022
Neeraj Chopra.#NeerajChopra #DiamondLeague#achiever #inspiringhttps://t.co/oSLUHY64WN
हीरे ने जीता हीरा, #NeerajChopra ने 88.44m थ्रो के साथ *'डायमंड लीग'* ट्रॉफी जीती! 🇮🇳🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/aMQ5HpihGz
— Arun k Gupta (@chartered_akg) September 9, 2022
#PMModi congratulates #NeerajChopra on becoming first Indian to win prestigious #DiamondLeague Trophy
— NewsPoint (@NP_App) September 9, 2022
Read More Here 🔗 https://t.co/fdWr0RlbHa pic.twitter.com/ZJ3dPbgj3q
#NeerajChopra creates history, becomes first Indian to clinch Diamond League trophy. He won with a massive 88.4m attempt. 🏆
— Arunil Goon 🇮🇳 (@ArunilG) September 9, 2022
In a span of 13 months, he has become an Olympic champion, World Championships silver medallist and Diamond League champion 👏 ❤ pic.twitter.com/8sLzcSiqWC
This is just magical and marvelous athlete #NeerajChopra congratulations https://t.co/nwUG8UCSOU
— Aarti Sharma🇮🇳 (@AartiSh77021758) September 9, 2022
@ANI #NeerajChopra #DiamondLeagueTrophy Congratulations 🙏🏻🇮🇳 https://t.co/7upWvF4c8Z
— Gargi Ghosh (@GargiGh00653292) September 9, 2022
अपना बल-तेज जगाता है,
— अक्षरशः✍️ (@aksharashah_) September 9, 2022
सम्मान जगत से पाता है...!!
-रामधारी सिंह 'दिनकर' 🏷️@Neeraj_chopra1 Sir.🇮🇳❤️#DiamondLeague #NeerajChopra pic.twitter.com/sLagxFhlRW
Congratulations! #NeerajChopra
— Nikhil Raj Singh Rathore (@Nikhilrajbjym) September 9, 2022
Pride of INDIA🇮🇳#DiamondLeague#ZurichDL @Neeraj_chopra1 pic.twitter.com/SpfHpWPmHl
Speaking of the previous achievements of Neeraj, then he bagged a remarkable gold in the Tokyo Olympics 2021. Earlier, he also clinched gold in the Asian Games of 2018 alongside another gold medal in the Commonwealth Games of 2018 held on the Gold Coast.
In an interview, Neeraj also said that he would want to win a gold medal in the Diamond Trophy to complete a perfect set of gold medals in the Javelin throw at the international level.
Discussing his last appearances in the Diamond League, then he finished seventh in 2017 and then fourth in 2018. This time he finally ended the wait for a gold medal for India in the Diamond League. Notably, the star javelin thrower had to withdraw from the Commonwealth Games of 2022 held in Birmingham due to an injury.
Before World Athletics Championship, Neeraj finished at his individual best of 89.94m throw in the first leg of the Diamond League at Stockholm.