A World Athletics Championships gold medal isn’t any extra a dream for India’s javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra. The star athlete fouled in his first try within the ultimate at Budapest, Hungary on Sunday night time, however made a strong comeback and threw the javelin to a distance of 88.17m in his second try. It finally helped Neeraj safe the highest honour within the ultimate because the second-best was 87.82m from his Pakistan opponent Arshad Nadeem. The latter received the silver medal on the occasion, whereas Jakub Vadlejch of the Czech Republic ended the match with a bronze, due to his throw of 86.67m.

Neeraj Chopra’s father was pleased with the truth that two of the highest three spots belonged to the Asian gamers.

“I was confident, he was confident too,” Neeraj’s father informed India Today after his son turned the primary Indian participant to say a gold medal on the World Athletics Championships.

The proud father additionally talked in regards to the bond Neeraj and Arshad share with one another.

“Both of them (Neeraj and Arshad) came up with a superb effort. If you look at it, all the javelin throwers share a very good rapport. They don’t think about their nationalities, they support each other. They always look to improve their performances,” he stated.

“Even in the past, both of them (Arshad and Neeraj), this is a very proud moment for Asia,” he added.

Arshad had earlier insisted that he has no rivalry with India’s star javelin thrower Neeraj. He stated there’s all the time scope for studying from high athletes just like the Indian. Both Chopra and Nadeem have certified for subsequent yr’s Paris Olympics.