Hosted in Budapest, Hungary, this occasion had not witnessed India securing any medal earlier than Chopra rose to the event and matched the heightened expectations.
After failing to provide you with a sound throw on his first try, Chopra hit the 88.17 mark on his second strive, securing India’s first medal on this ongoing World Athletics Championships.
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Neeraj Chopra wins gold medal in Males’s Javelin on the World Athletics Championship 2023
Following his second-place end in the identical competitors final 12 months, the 25-year-old star javelin thrower received his first gold medal within the World Championships, turning into solely the second athlete after Abhinav Bindra to be topped each Olympic and World champion.
The gold medal for Chopra at this stage is certain to provide India an enormous enhance forward of the Asian Video games, which is ready to start on September 23 in Hangzhou, China. On the again of this grand accomplishment, the headline-marker has been showered with plaudits, with distinguished personalities, together with the President and Prime Minister of the nation, celebrating the exceptional feat on social media.
Whereas penning a submit on X, previously often known as Twitter, Droupadi Murmu, President of India, acknowledged that the gold medal ‘will encourage hundreds of thousands of our youth’.
Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, hailed Chopra as a mark of ‘excellence’.
Indian cricket stars reminiscent of Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag additionally heaped reward on the athlete. Whereas Gambhir lauded the Paris-bound star as a ‘diamond’, Sehwag saluted the achievement because the continuation of the ‘mega run’.
Actor Kay Kay Menon and sports activities minister Anurag Thakur additionally matched the nation’s common temper whereas trumpeting India’s first media within the World Championships.
One-time world champion and Olympic gold medalist, Abhinav Bindra congratulated Chopra whereas calling him ‘an inspiration to all’.
Former sports activities minister of India, Kiren Rijiju was additionally fast to congratulate Chopra.
