World Athletics Day 9 LIVE – Neeraj Chopra WINS SILVER: Neeraj Chopra has written another piece of history for Indian sports by becoming a first ever Indian athlete to WIN Silver medal. Chopra’s 88.13M throw landed him a SILVER Medal. Grenada’s Anderson Peters won GOLD with huge 90.54M throw. Chopra’s medal has ended 19-year-long wait for a second medal at the World Championships. Legendary Long jumper Anju Bobby George earlier won a bronze for India in Paris 2003. USA & CANADA trumped in 4x100M Relay FINALS: Follow WCH Oregon live updates & Neeraj Chopra Javelin FINAL LIVE updates with InsideSport.IN
How Neeraj Chopra won a SILVER Medal?
- His first throw was a NO-THROW.
- His 2nd landed at 82.39M.
- Chopra made a small comeback with with 86.37M throw to go back on No. 4 position.
- But his huge 88.13M 4th throw landed him in SILVER Medal position.
- The top contender for Gold, Grenada’s Anderson Peters lived up to his billing. His very 1st throw crossed 90M mark as he hurled Javeline to 90.21M. His 2nd throw was measured little longer at 90.46M. He celebrated GOLD with 90.54M last throw.
- Rohit Yadav finished 10th in FINALS:
ANDERSON FOR THE REPEAT 🥇🥇@peters_oly 🇬🇩 throws a huge 90.54m to successfully defend his world javelin title!#WorldAthleticsChamps pic.twitter.com/3r0TROWHml
— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) July 24, 2022
World Athletics LIVE: Neeraj Chopra creates history with a SILVER MEDAL in Javelin Throw, Anderson Peters wins GOLD with 90.46M: Follow LIVE UPDATES
JAVELIN Final Standings – Chopra WINS Silver, Peters GOLD
In men’s TRIPLE jump final, Eldhose Paul finished No. 9th in FINAL. Meanwhile the India men’s 4x400m relay team has crashed out of the competion after finishing last in the heat: Follow Javelin Throw FINAL LIVE & World Athletics Championship LIVE Updates with InsideSport.IN
- The 4×400 heats, India finish LAST in Heat: Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Muhammed Ajmal Variyathodi, Naganathan Pandi, and Rajesh Ramesh RELAY team finished LAST in HEAT: TIME. Indian team crashed out with disappointing timing of 3:07.29
- Triple jump final STARTS : Eldhose Paul finish 9th in FINAL
- Big Javelin Final STARTS: Neeraj Chopra finishes with SILVER Medal / Rohit Yadav finish No. 10th
World Athletics Day 9 LIVE – Relay crown for Canada – 4x100M Men
Back on track, Olympic 200m champion Andre De Grasse anchors Canada to the men’s 4x100m title, winning a battle with USA’s Marvin Bracy – 37.48 WL to 37.55. Great Britain bag the bronze in 37.83 ahead of Jamaica in 38.06 and Ghana in a national record 38.07.
Triple Jump FINAL: One and done – Pedro Pichardo WINS GOLD
That opening 17.95m by Portugal’s Olympic champion Pedro Pichardo was indeed the winning leap – after getting the Olympic triple jump gold last year, he now has his first world title after silver medals from 2013 and 2015, and a fourth-place finish in 2019.
Burkina Faso’s Olympic and 2019 world bronze medallist Hugues Fabrice Zango goes one better with 17.55m for silver this time, and China’s Olympic silver medallist Zhu Yaming gets world bronze with 17.31m.
“USA, USA” – 4×100 Women Relay GOLD: Gold for USA! Cheers of “USA, USA” ring around Hayward Field as the US team is confirmed champion in the women’s 4x100m.
Twanisha Terry holds off Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson on the anchor leg – 41.14 WL to 41.18 – and Germany get bronze in 42.03. Nigeria run an area record 42.22 for fourth and Spain set a national record of 42.58 for fifth.
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