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World Athletics Championships: Neeraj Chopra eyes top podium finish

Neeraj Chopra eyes World Championships gold; no clear-cut favourite. Chopra has won gold medals in Olympics, Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, and Diamond League. He is one of the gold medal contenders. Vadlejch, Weber, and Peters are also contenders. Indians Jeswin Aldrin and Murali Sreeshankar have top world list jumps in…

The Hindu · Aug 18, 2023

Diamond League: Neeraj Chopra finds the winning length to lead javelin standings; Long jumper M. Sreeshankar struggles on the runway

Diamond League: ‘Nervous’ Neeraj Chopra finds the winning length to lead javelin standings; Long jumper M. Sreeshankar struggles on the runway, finishing fifth. While Chopra was in fine touch and had a series that included an 85.04m throw, long jumper M. Sreeshankar was finding it tough on the runway

The Hindu · Jul 1, 2023

Neeraj Chopra wins second straight Diamond League title in Lausanne

Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra clinched the prestigious Diamond League title for the second consecutive time by throwing his spear to 87.66m

The Hindu · Jul 1, 2023

Neeraj Chopra creates history, becomes first Indian to clinch Diamond League Finals title

ZURICH: Olympic gold medallist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra on Thursday achieved yet another historic feat as he became the first Indian to win the prestigious Diamond League Finals title.

The Times of India · Sep 9, 2022

Another history awaits Neeraj Chopra as he starts favourite in Diamond League Finals

ZURICH: Another historic feat awaits Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra as he will start as favourite in the prestigious Diamond League Finals here on Thursday.

The Times of India · Sep 7, 2022

Watch: Neeraj Chopra scripts history again, wins Lausanne Diamond League title

LAUSANNE: Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra on Friday scripted history as he became the first Indian to clinch a Diamond League Meeting title by winning the Lausanne leg here.

The Times of India · Aug 26, 2022

Neeraj Chopra creates history, becomes first Indian ever to win silver at World Athletics Championships

NEW DELHI: Neeraj Chopra broke into a smile after his fourth round throw of 88.13m. The tension was somewhat eased after he moved into the provisional podium place in second position following his best throw of the men’s javelin throw final in Eugene, US.

The Times of India · Jul 24, 2022

Neeraj Chopra wins silver at World Athletics Championships, scripts history again

Neeraj Chopra produced a best throw of 88.13m to finish second after Anderson Peters of Grenada

The Hindu · Jul 24, 2022

World Athletics Championships 2022: Neeraj Chopra's date with history

Neeraj Chopra has nicely warmed up for what could be another epic landmark in his career. The Olympic champion, confident but not arrogant about his abilities, has finally launched his bid to end Indian athletics’ 19-year-long wait for a second medal at the World Championships, following long jumper Anju Bobby…

The Times of India · Jul 23, 2022

I beat better throwers than me for Olympic gold, cut-throat competition now at World Championships: Neeraj Chopra

NEW DELHI: Neeraj Chopra likes to keep things simple. In fact, the 'no complications' mantra is synonymous with independent India's only track and field Olympic gold medallist.

The Times of India · Jul 20, 2022