World Athletics C'ships 2023 Finals: Neeraj Chopra becomes World Champion - Highlights
World Athletics Championships 2023: Neeraj Chopra won gold in the Javelin final, the men's relay team finished 5th and Parul Chaudhary finished 11th in the steeplechase final.
Parul Chaudhary, Neeraj Chopra and the men's relay team
2023 World Athletics Championships: Neeraj Chopra won gold in the Javelin final to give India a first ever gold medal in the history of the World Athletics Championships. This is India's only medal from the 2023 edition and the third overall after Anju Bobby George's bronze in 2003 and Neeraj Chopra's silver in 2022.
The men's relay team finished 5th and Parul Chaudhary finished 11th in the steeplechase final.
As it happened:
Thank you for joining in one of the greatest nights in the history of Indian athletics. India has a world champion,after all.
Another sub-3 minute run for the Indian relay team but they fail to reach the podium. The quartet clocked 2:59.92 to finish fifth and cap-off the last day with another credible finish.
India has a world champion in Athletics! It is history! What a night for the Indian athletics, one world champion and two finishes in top six.
So both Indian throwers will finish at sixth and fifth.
Manu finished sixth with the best throw of 84.14m and Kishore Jena finished fifth with the best throw of 84.77m.
The 28-year-old has shelved 9 seconds off her personal best to create a new national record in 3000m Steeplechase.
One throw remains for all 8 javelin throwers. Neeraj in gold medal spot. Arshad in silver. Vadlejch in bronze medal spot with one round to go.