She obtained India’s first-ever World Athletics Championships medal in 2003 and Anju Bobby George on Sunday, July 24 said Neeraj Chopra is the ideally suited Indian athlete of all time after the javelin superstar scripted historical past at the field meet in Oregon.
Neeraj Chopra grew to turn out to be handiest the 2nd Indian after Anju Bobby George to utilize a medal at the World Athletics Championships. A 365 days after winning the Tokyo Olympics gold medal, Neeraj obtained the silver within the males’s javelin at the field meet in Eugene, USA on Sunday.
Neeraj sealed the silver medal at the World Athletics Championships with a most efficient throw of 88.13m. With the silver, Neeraj accomplished the corpulent characteristic of world medals at 24. The Indian javelin superstar is now the Olympic champion, Asian Video games and Commonwealth Video games champion and a medalist at the field championships.
Talking to India Nowadays, Anju Bobby George expressed delight for Neeraj Chopra and paid effectively off tribute to the Haryana athlete.
“Certain, keep in mind that, at the same time as you compare the competition stage, in athletics in truth, more than 200 countries are collaborating and it’s for sure one of the important toughest events within the field. Getting a medal within the field championships or athletics is de facto one thing sizable,” Anju Bobby George told India Nowadays.
“He has obtained 2 medals, one every from the Olympics and the World Championships. So positively, we are capable of recount he’s the ideally suited Indian athlete of all time,” she added.
“I’m the happiest person appropriate now on story of from 2003, it turned into a prolonged wait. Now Neeraj Chopra has obtained a medal within the field champions