Neeraj Chopra continues to surprise the world of track and field sport and inspire India’s budding talent. On the last day of the World Athletics Championships, Budapest 2023 (on August 27, 2023), the 25-year-old junior commissioned officer of the Indian Army threw the 2.7m javelin to a distance of 88.17 metres to win the gold medal for the first time and crown himself as the world champion. It was his first legal throw in the final; his second attempt charging in from the runway.
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In the end, it was left to Femke Bol to bring down the curtain on the wonderful World Athletics Championships Budapest 23. In fittingly show-stopping style.