World Athletics:Neeraj Chopra wins Silver medal in Javelin throw

Olympic Champion Neeraj Chopra has won Silver medal in men's javelin throw final at World Athletics Championships in the United States. He secured the second position with a throw 88.13 meters in his fourth attempt at  Eugene in Oregonon Sunday morning. Neeraj Chopra has become first Indian to win a silver medal at World Athletics Championships. He is the second Indian after former long jumper Anju Bobby George to bag a World Athletics Championships medal. Grenada's Anderson Peters won the gold medal with a best throw of 90.54m. Peters threw 90.21m in his first attempt and then bettered it in his second at 90.46m. He then registered his best throw in his sixth attempt, to successfully defend his world title. Czech Republic's Jakub Vadlejch won bronze with a best throw of 88.09m, while Germany's Julian Weber finished 4th with a best attempt of 86.86m. 

Neeraj Chopra continues his winning streak!

• Wins in Men's javelin throw at @WCHoregon22 with his best throw of 88.13m, becoming the 1st Indian male and 2nd Indian to win a medal at the #WorldChampionships!

Neeraj has now won medal at every Global event !

Watch this pic.twitter.com/YF455oople

— Anurag Thakur (@ianuragthakur) July 24, 2022

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. 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.