The India woke up this Sunday with a new sporting success after the reigning Olympic javelin champion, Neeraj Chopra, hang up the silver medal in Eugene World Championships in Athletics (United States), the second medal by an athlete from the country in history.
“A great achievement from one of our most prominent athletes! Congratulations to Neeraj Chopra for winning a historic silver medal at Worlds. This is a special time for Indian sports. My best wishes to Neeraj for his upcoming endeavours,” said the Prime Minister of India, Narendra ModiOn Twitter.
A release of 88.13 meters On his fourth attempt, he served Chopra to take second place in the javelin final throw, just behind Granada champion Anderson Peters, who threw 90.54 meters and helped him defend his world title. .
With her second place finish, Chopra became the second athlete from India to win a medal in the history of the World Championships in Athletics, and the first person to stand on the podium.
Before him, only Indian long jumper Anju Bobby George had won bronze in the 2003 edition.
“I am very happy today to have won silver for the country. I will try to do better than this in the world championships next year,” Chopra told Sports Authority of India minutes after the feat.
The javelin thrower’s participation was closely followed by his family and friends, who organized a party at his house to follow the final and, after Chopra won the silver medal, they celebrated their victory with dances and food , according to images from Delhi NDTV television .
“I pray for his success. I was nervous because I had an injury. A medal, be it silver or gold, is a cause of joy,” celebrated her mother, recalling an arm injury that had frustrated Chopra’s participation in previous World Cups.
After winning gold at the last Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020, Chopra sought to capture another first place in Eugene and become the dominator of the discipline.
In Japan, the Indian thrower served a mark of 87.58 meters to climb to the top of the podium, ahead of Czechs Jakub Vadlejch (86.67) and Vitezslav Vesely (85.44).
That win was done Chopra the first Olympic champion in the history of the country in athleticsand added to the success he achieved at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, where he was the first Indian athlete to win the continental javelin title.
Source: La Verdad
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