Neeraj Chopra’s golden journey from Olympics to World Championship silver – Photos

Star athlete Neeraj Chopra, who ended India’s wait for the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics a year ago, has done wonders again. Olympic champion Neeraj has now ended India’s medal drought in the World Athletics Championships as well. Neeraj created history by winning the silver medal at the World Championships in Eugene, USA. (Photo: PTI)

Neeraj first made his mark in the Indian sports scene and among Indian fans in 2016. Then Neeraj won the gold medal in the Under-20 World Athletics Championships (World Junior Championships) held in Poland, surprising everyone. Neeraj not only made a new national record by achieving a distance of 86.48 meters, but also made a junior world record. (Photo: World Athletics)

Neeraj’s feat continued even further and he also won the title of Asian Athletics Championship in the very next year i.e. 2017. In the championship held in Bhubaneswar, Neeraj won gold by throwing javelin up to 85.23 meters. (Photo: AFI)

Neeraj, who is rapidly making his mark, got the next big success in the 2018 Commonwealth Games. In the Games held in Gold Coast, Australia, Neeraj won the gold in a one-sided fashion with 86.47 meters. (Photo: Olympics.com)

Just a month later, Neeraj got his fourth major success in the Asian Games. Neeraj also achieved one-sided success in the 2018 Jakarta Asiad. Neeraj not only won the gold but also broke his own national record again with 88.06m. (Photo: Twitter/Neeraj Chopra)

Three years later, Neeraj’s career and the biggest success in the history of Indian athletics came. On the historic day of August 7, 2021, Neeraj Chopra did what no Indian player could do in athletics. In his very first Olympics in Tokyo, Neeraj won the historic gold medal by throwing the javelin from a distance of 87.58 meters in a field full of veterans and thus completed the golden hat-trick. (Photo: AFP)