World Athletics Championships: Neeraj Chopra and Parul Chaudhary Shine, Quality for Paris Olympics

In the early hours of Monday, India's Olympic medalist Neeraj Chopra achieved a historic milestone by clinching his nation's inaugural gold medal at the World Athletics Championships. He narrowly defeated Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem by less than a meter in the men's javelin throw final in Budapest. This marks Neeraj's second medal at the World Championships, following his silver last year. 

In an interview with ANI regarding India's first gold medal at the World Athletics Championship in Budapest, the athlete's father, Satish Kumar, expressed that this marks a moment of immense pride for the nation winning a gold medal in the World Athletics Championship. Celebrations will occur when Neeraj returns to India.

Visuals depict the athlete's father radiating with pride, with relatives and friends extending their wishes and congratulatory messages. 

"Neeraj Chopra does it again! 88.17 Meters. The golden boy of Indian athletics wins the men's javelin throw at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest. With this, Neeraj Chopra becomes 1st athlete to win a gold medal at the World Athletics Championships. The entire nation is proud of your achievements and this moment will be remembered forever in Indian sporting history," expressed Anurag Thakur on 'X'.

The Indian Army also joined in on 'X', stating, "Neeraj Chopra makes us proud again!! IndianArmy congratulates Subedar Neeraj Chopra on bagging Gold Medal in Men's Javelin at the World Athletics Championship 2023 in Budapest with a throw of 88.17 meters."

In the 3000 meters steeplechase final of the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, on Monday, Parul Chaudhary secured the eleventh position. Nevertheless, she set a new national record by clocking 9:15.31 during the Championships.

Parul's achievement of the national record secured her qualification for the 2024 Paris Olympics. During the steeplechase race, she initially led at the 200m split but lost her momentum, ultimately finishing in 11th place. However, she made a strong push in the last 100m split, moving up two spots from 13th to 11th. 

Meanwhile, at the World Athletics Championships 2023, the Indian men's 4x400 meters relay team finished fifth in the final race. The team, consisting of Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Amoj Jacob, Muhammed Ajmal, and Rajesh Ramesh, clocked a time of 2:59.92.

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