New Delhi: Today is the final of the Javelin Throw event of the ongoing World Athletics Championships in Eugene, USA. In this final, Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra created history by winning the silver medal.
Neeraj starts with a foul throw. Neeraj scored 82.39 meters in the second attempt. At the same time, he threw 86.37 meters in the third attempt and 88.13 meters in the fourth attempt.
India’s only medal at the World Championships was won bronze in the long jump by Anju Bobby George in Paris in 2003. Grenada’s Anderson Peters scored 90. Won a gold medal with 46m while Czech Republic’s Yakub Valdesh got the bronze medal. Rohit Yadav of India 78. He finished 10th with a best throw of 72m.
Peters kept on setting the benchmark with an even better throw of 90.46m in his second attempt while Jakub Vadlejch of the Czech Republic started with 85.52m and improved it to 87.23m and then to 88.09 in his third attempt to be placed second after three attempts.
While others bettered their marks, Julian Weber surprisingly ended with a 71.88m throw in his second attempt after starting with an impressive 86.86m.
Chopra then stormed to the second spot following his fourth attempt which resulted in a throw of 88.13m. And this time, the Indian appeared quite happy, even showing a victory sign to the camera having moved into the silver medal position.
Rohit Yadav, who had also qualified for the final, finished 10th with a best throw of 78.72 after throwing 77.96 (first attempt) and 77.96m (second attempt). The top-8 after three throws gets two more attempts.
Chopra’s fifth and final attempts though were fouls while Peters made it to 88.11m through his fifth and upon watching his closest opponent’s final attempt, began celebrating his gold.
However, the Grenadians raised the decibels at the venue by lining up for a final attempt even though the gold was already sealed. He capped it off with a throw of 90.54m – the third time in the final he crossed the 90m mark.
