Chairman of Mahindra group, Anand Mahindra expressed his happiness over Neeraj Chopra’s remarkable feat of becoming the first Indian to clinch a gold medal in the World Athletics Championships. The title was accomplished through a commanding javelin throw of 88.17 meters during the men’s javelin final in Budapest, Hungary. “INDIAAAAA. CHOPRAAAA. GOLLLDDD. His moonshot does …
India will be bidding for the 2027 World Athletics Championships, claims Olympic and World Championship gold medallist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra here on Wednesday. Asked during a press conference on the eve of the Diamond League meet about India’s possibility of hosting the World Championships in 2027, Chopra said: “They (India) are bidding. I will …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated athletes Muhammed Anas, Amoj Jacob, Muhammed Ajmal and Rajesh Ramesh for qualifying for the final of the men’s 4X400 m relay team event at the ongoing World Athletics Championships and setting a new Asian record in the process. Indian men’s 4x400m relay team qualified for the final with …
India’s Neeraj Chopra has clinched the gold medal at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary . On Sunday night, he scripted a history as he hurled the javelin to a distance of 88.17m in the final to become the first Indian to win the gold medal in at the event. He started with a …
U20 World Championships gold. Check. Asian Championships gold. Check. Commonwealth Games gold. Check. Asian Games gold. Check. Olympic gold. Check. Diamond League trophy. Check. World Championships gold. Check. This is not a wish list of a teenager made right after watching a motivational movie. Or a shopping list of a soon-to-be bride. This is what …
India’s golden boy at the 2020 Olympic Summer Olympics, Neeraj Chopra scripted history in Budapest on Monday, beating arch-rival from Pakistan, Arshad Nadeem, to win the country’s first-ever gold medal in the World Athletics Championships. It was his second medal at the World Championships after he secured a silver last year. Neeraj Chopra, 25 years, …
While Neeraj Chopra created history by becoming the first Indian to win gold at the World Athletics Championships, the javelin thrower reveals that his actual desire was to hit the 90m mark in the final. However, things didn’t materialise in the manner he hoped for and Neeraj recorded his best throw of 88.17 m in …
Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra scripted history on Monday by becoming the first Indian to win gold medal in World Athletics Championships with 88.17 meter throw in second attempt, which was his best and kept him at the top. In another first, three Indians finished in top eight with Kishore Jena (84.77m) and DP Manu (84.14m) …
Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra entered the World Athletics Championships finals on Friday after hitting 88.77m in the men’s Javelin Throw event. With the seat secured in the finals, Neeraj Chopra has also qualified for the Paris Olympics 2024. Neeraj Chopra unleashed his finest performance of the season and the fourth-best of his career. Neeraj …
Budapest: National record holder long jumper Jeswin Aldrin qualified for his maiden World Athletics Championships finals but fellow competitor Murali Sreeshankar made a shock exit at the qualification round after his worst performance of the season here on Wednesday. Javelin thrower Annu Rani, also a national record holder but struggling for form for some time, …