'Not satisfied': Golden boy Neeraj Chopra aims to go past 90m mark in the upcoming events

Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra on Sunday scripted history yet again as he became the first Indian to win a gold medal in the World Athletics Championships with a best throw of 88.17m in the men's javelin final. The 25-year-old Chopra dominated the competition and achieved his best throw of the day in his second attempt. He had a foul to start with, but then got 88.17m, 86.32m, 84.64m, 87.73m and 83.98m.

Three things you need to know

• Neeraj Chopra won the gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics
• Neeraj Chopra became the first Indian ever to win gold in World Athletics Championships
• Neeraj Chopra won a silver medal in the World Athletics Championships last year

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Neeraj Chopra joins Abhinav Bindra in major feat

Olympic champion Chopra began with a foul but jumped to the top spot with his second throw, and from thereon, he led the field till the end. Nadeem also maintained his second position from the third round after which it was 1-2 for the Indo-Pak duo till the end.

.@Neeraj_chopra1 brings home a historic gold for India in the javelin throw 👏#WorldAthleticsChamps pic.twitter.com/YfRbwBBh7Z

— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) August 27, 2023

Chopra thus beat Nadeen once again as the Indian also won gold in the 2016 South Asian Games. Since then, the two have competed against each other in more than a dozen events and Chopra always returned triumphant.

Chopra has now become only the second Indian after legendary shooter Abhinav Bindra to simultaneously hold the Olympics and World Championships title. Bindra won the World Championships title when he was 23, and the Olympics gold at 25.

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Neeraj Chopra reviews his performance

Talking about his performance after clinching the gold medal in the World Athletics Championships final, Neeraj Chopra said that he was not very satisfied with his performance as he aimed to go beyond his winning mark and also said that he will be eyeing to go past 90m mark in the upcoming events. 

In another first, three Indians finished in the top eight with Kishore Jena (84.77m) and DP Manu (84.14m) taking the fifth and sixth spots respectively. Never before did three Indians finish in the top eight of an event in the World Championships.

(With inputs from PTI)