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Chopra has won gold medals in every major tournament. He has a podium finish streak in 24 consecutive competitions, dating back to 2020. [9] Since his performance at the 2016 World U20 Championship, he continues to hold the junior javelin throw world record. [10] Chopra is the first athletics gold medalist for India.
Neeraj Kumar: 29 June 2016 National Interstate Championships Hyderabad, India [65] 72.86 m [c] Kamalpreet Singh: 21 May 2015 Tucson Elite Classic Tucson, United States [66] 71.47 m 23 May 2015 [67] Javelin throw: 88.07 m Neeraj Chopra: 5 March 2021 Indian Grand Prix Patiala, India [68] 89.30 m Neeraj Chopra: 14 June 2022 Paavo Nurmi Games ...
Neeraj Chopra won the men's javelin in a championship record of 85.23 m. Nirmala Sheoran was an individual and relay champion in women's 400 m. The remaining women's winners were P. U. Chitra (1500 m), Sudha Singh (steeplechase) and Swapna Barman (heptathlon). [ 39 ]
Yet Chopra’s name was still being shown on the digital board and on the Games’ official online information and results service, as if he had not yet taken his first throw. A strange delay ensued.
Neeraj Chopra is the second Indian to win a medal at the World Athletics Championships. [2] He won a silver medal in the javelin throw at the 2022 World Athletics Championships and subsequently the first gold for India at the 2023 World Athletics Championships .
Neeraj Chopra was the reigning Olympic and World champion, having won gold at the previous Olympics and 2023 World Championships respectively. The silver medalist from Tokyo 2020 and reigning European champion Jakub Vadlejch also qualified for the event. The bronze medalist from three years earlier, Vítězslav Veselý had retired.
Asian Record Cheng Chao-tsun (TPE) 91.36 m: Taipei City, Taipei: 26 August 2017 North, Central American and Caribbean record Anderson Peters (GRN) 93.07 m: Doha, Qatar: 13 May 2022 South American Record Edgar Baumann (PAR) 84.70 m: San Marcos, United States: 17 October 1999 European Record Jan Železný (CZE) 98.48 m: Jena, Germany: 25 May 1996 ...
In 2017, Hohn signed the contract with the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) for coaching the Indian javelin squad including Junior world record holder Neeraj Chopra till 2020 Summer Olympics to be held in Tokyo. [3] Chopra won the gold medal for India in the Men's javelin throw with a throw of 87.58 m at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. [4]