Neeraj Chopra Javelin Throw World Championships 2023: Neeraj Chopra missed out on winning gold in the World Athletics Championships last year. This time he has a chance to fulfill his unfulfilled dream. He entered the final from the very first throw in the qualifying round. With this, he has also qualified for the Olympics.
Neeraj Chopra did wonders in the World Athletics Championship. He shook the world with his very first throw. In the qualification round of the championship being played in Budapest, Neeraj has already created a ruckus with the throw and has entered the finals. Not only this, he has also qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Neeraj's javelin measured a distance of 88.77 meters in the qualification. Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Neeraj is now just one step away from his maiden World Athletics Championship gold medal.
In fact, last year he had missed out on winning gold. He had to be content with silver only. Now he has a chance to convert silver into gold. The title match of Javelin Throw will be played on Sunday. Neeraj was in Group A in the qualification round. Where the rest of the players were finding it difficult to reach 80 metres. On the other hand , Neeraj gave his season's best performance in the very first throw. 88.77 meters was his best performance of this season.
World record with a single throw
As soon as Neeraj threw the spear. Seeing the distance of his throw, once everyone's eyes were wide open, because his javelin was seen going closer to 90 meters, but the javelin could not cross the mark of 90 meters. Despite this, India's star player made a world record. Neeraj has become the first player to reach the final of the World Athletics Championship with 88.77 meters.
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Paris Olympics ticket
Neeraj also qualified for Paris Olympics 2024 with a single throw. In fact, the qualifying mark of Paris Olympics is 85.50 meters and Neeraj's throw went far beyond breaking this mark. The Olympic qualifying window started on July 1. 88.77 meters was the fourth best performance of Neeraj's career. His personal best is 89.94 metres, which he threw in the Diamond League in June last year.
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