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India’s ‘Golden Boy’ Neeraj Chopra created history at the World Athletics Championship 2023. Star javelin thrower Neeraj became the first Indian to win a gold medal in this championship. He achieved this feat by throwing 88.17 meters. Apart from Neeraj, the men’s javelin final event also featured India’s Kishore Jena and DP Manu who finished fifth and sixth respectively. After Neeraj won the historic gold, former Indian cricket captain and great batsman Sunil Gavaskar has made a big prediction. Gavaskar says that in the next 10-15 years, India will be known as a sports nation.
During a media interaction on Monday, Gavaskar said, “Very happy. Very happy Neeraj won gold in Olympics. He won a silver medal at the World Athletics Championships last year. For that, it was necessary to get gold in the championship this time. He took the gold by making a long throw. This gives a lot of encouragement to others. You may have noticed that not only Neeraj but two more javelin throwers from India were in the final. When the band performs well, that game is encouraged. The rest of the people playing around also take an interest in him. America-Australia is called a sports country and I think maybe in next 10-15 years India will also be called a sports country.
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Significantly, despite reaching the finals of four events, no Indian was a serious medal contender apart from Chopra. In the previous edition, six Indians made it to the finals and this time too there has not been much change in the number of Indians reaching the finals. 3000m steeplechase athlete Parul Chaudhary, long jumper Jaswin Aldrin and the men’s relay team. Let us tell you that India has won only three medals in the history of World Athletics Championship. Chopra won two medals (silver and gold) while long jumper great Anju Bobby George won one medal. Anju won the Brand Medal in 2003.