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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.
The 24-year-old Chopra, who had come into the showpiece as a hot medal favourite, produced a best throw of 88.13m to finish second.
EUGENE, Ore. : Grenada's Anderson Peters beat Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra to retain the men's world javelin title on Saturday with a sixth-round throw of 90.54 metres at the World Championships.
Neeraj Chopra will be aiming for his first-ever World Athletics Championships medal when he takes the field for the men's javelin throw final on Sunday in Eugene. Neeraj had sealed his qualification for the final on his very first attempt as he registered a throw of 88.39m in Group A when 83.50 was the qualification mark required to cement a place in the final. Rohit Yadav is another Indian who cemented his place in the final after he finished at the sixth spot in the Group B qualification round.
It’s hard to imagine a better ending to Kara Winger‘s javelin career.
American Kara Winger launched her sixth throw of 64.05m to take silver while Haruka Kitaguchi also pulled out a superb final 63.27m to become the first Japanese woman to win a javelin medal in a World Championships or Olympics.
Competing in her second consecutive final in the showpiece, Rani achieved her best of the day in her second attempt but failed to cross 60m mark in other five throws on Friday. Her series read 56.18m, 61.12m, 59.27m, 58.14m, 59.98m and 58.70m. She has a season's and personal best of 63.82m.
EUGENE, Ore. : Australian Kelsey-Lee Barber retained the women's World Championships javelin title on Friday as her world-leading third-round throw of 66.91 metres gave her an emphatic victory.