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Neeraj Chopra creates history, becomes first Indian ever to win silver at World Athletics Championships
Neeraj Chopra creates history, becomes first Indian ever to win silver at World Athletics Championships
Indian athlete Neeraj Chopra made history again by being the first Indian to win a medal at the Athletics World Championship Games. Defending his title, Anderson Peters held his lead by a throw at the top of the 90 metres mark. In a very difficult first half Neeraj produced his fourth try, a big throw that secured a podium finish.
The 2022 World Athletics Championships, was the eighteenth edition of the World Athletics Championships, were held at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, United States, from July 15–24, 2022.
World Athletics Championships
- The World Athletics Championships (until 2019 known as the World Championships in Athletics).
- Biennial athletics competition organized by World Athletics (formerly IAAF, International Association of Athletics Federations).
- The World Championships were started in 1976 in response to the International Olympic Committee dropping the men’s 50 km walk from the Olympic programme for the 1976 Montreal Olympics, despite its constant presence at the games since 1932.
- The IAAF chose to host its own world championship event instead, a month and a half after the Olympics.
- The following list shows when new events were added for the first time.
- 1987, women’s 10,000 m and 10 km walk were added.
- 1993, women’s triple jump was added.
- 1995, women’s 3,000 m was replaced by the 5000 m.
- 1999, women’s pole vault and hammer were added and the women’s 20 km walk replaced the 10 km walk.
- 2005, women’s 3000 m steeplechase was added.
- 2017, women’s 50 km walk was added.
- 2019, mixed 4 × 400 m relay was added.
- 2022, men’s and women’s 35 km walk replaced the 50 km walk.
The 2023 World Athletics Championships , the nineteenth edition of the World Athletics Championships, are scheduled to be held from 19 August to 27 August 2023 in Budapest, Hungary.
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