World Athletics Championship – 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: 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
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Grenada’s Anderson Peters had the competition won and then he saved his best until last – throwing 90.54m in the final round to retain his world javelin title and win the competition by more than two metres. Three of his throws were beyond 90 metres.
There’s another global medal for India’s Neeraj Chopra, as the Olympic champion gets silver with 88.13m, and just 4cm off that mark is Czech Republic’s Olympic silver medallist Jakub Vadlejch, who throws 88.09m for bronze.
Why Chopra vs Anderson battle was billed as The Great Battle?
- Current World Ranking: It’s a battle between current World No. 1 Anderson Peters vs World No. 4 Neeraj Chopra
- Top Performance: It’s a battle between Tokyo Olympic Gold Medallist vs World No. 1 Peters
- Best Throws: Anderson – 93.07M / Neeraj – 89.94M
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Chopra began with a foul throw and had 82.39m and 86.37m to be at fourth after three rounds. He got his rhythm back with a big fourth round throw of 88.13m, his fourth career-best effort, to jump to second place, which he held on to till the end. His fifth and sixth throws were fouls.
Defending champion Anderson Peters of Grenada won gold with a best throw of 90.54m while Olympic silver winner Jakub Vadlejch of Czech Republic took the bronze with 88.09m.
Chopra had topped the Group A qualification round and qualified for the final at second place behind Peters by sending his spear to 88.39m for his third career-best throw. Peters had topped Group B with an effort of 89.91m.
The other Indian in the fray, Rohit Yadav finished at 10th with a best throw of 78.72m. Rohit had finished 11th overall in the qualification round with a best throw of 80.42m
The 21-year-old Indian had recorded a season’s and personal best of 82.54m while winning a silver at the National Inter-State Championships last month.
Chopra had won Indian athletics’ maiden gold in the Tokyo Olympics last year. He is only the second Indian to have won an individual gold in the Olympics, after shooter Abhinav Bindra, who clinched the yellow metal in 2008 Beijing Games.
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