Neeraj Chopra came up with a massive throw of 86.48m on his secon...
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Neeraj Chopra came up with a massive throw of 86.48m on his second attempt that measured a new world record distance in the IAAF World U-20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland. The previous record of 84.69m was set by Latvia's Zigismunds Sirmais in 2011.
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in Bydgoszcz, Poland on Saturday setting a new world record (U-20) of 86.48m.
South African
Johan Grobler
(80.59m) took the silver and
Anderson Peters
(79.65m) of Granada the bronze.
Neeraj began the proceedings with an effort of 79.66m that put him second place after the first round behind Grobler who had touched 80.59m with his opening effort. The Indian came up with his massive throw on his second attempt that measured a new world record distance. The previous record of 84.69m was set by Latvia's
Zigismunds Sirmais
in 2011.
The Indian, sponsored by JSW Sports, then came up with another impressive effort that measured 78.36m while his fourth and last attempt ended in a foul.
Meanwhile, his challenger Grobler's form dipped as he managed only 69.01m on his second attempt. After fouling his third chance, the South African improved to 75.16m but his effort was nowhere near Neeraj's record mark.
Hailing from Haryana's Khandra village, Neeraj had served notice of his prowess on December 31, 2015 when he set a world leading distance of 81.04m to win the Inter-Varsity Championship gold in Patiala. After narrowly missing the Olympic qualification mark by 77 cm, Neeraj had now made amends with his sensational feat.
It was India's first gold medal in the U-20 worlds following the two bronze medals won by discus throwers.
Seema Antil
was the first to climb the podium when she won the bronze in 2002. Two years back