India's Neeraj Chopra scripted history on Sunday as he became the second Indian to win a medal at the World Athletics Championships after Anju Bobby George achieved the feat in 2003.
Neeraj registered a throw of 88.13m in his fourth attempt and hence he secured the silver medal. Anderson Peters secured the gold medal after registering a throw of 90.54m.
After the win, Neeraj spoke about how he spoke to Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem, and congratulated him for a great throw in the final. "I spoke to Arshad after the competition ended.
I told him that he did very well. He replied that he had issues with his elbow. I further congratulated him for a great throw and it was a great comeback from his injury and it was commendable that he threw the javelin over 86 metres," said Neeraj during a virtual press conference.