World Athletics Championships: Neeraj Chopra is preparing to win a medal

Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra is preparing to grab his historic medal at the World Athletics Championships, beginning on Friday in Eugene, USA. The 24-year-old Chopra will be one of the medal favourites in the showpiece after pulling off the third-best throw of the season with an effort of 89.94m during the Stockholm Diamond League on June 30.

A medal in the World Championships will be another piece of history for Chopra as he will become only the second Indian track and field athlete and first male player from the country to win a medal in the World Championships. Long jumper Anju Bobby George had become the first Indian to win a bronze in 2003 in Paris. If Chopra wins the yellow metal, he will become the first male javelin thrower to follow Olympic success with World Championship gold since Norway’s Andreas Thorkildsen feat in 2008-09.

 

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