World Athletics Championships 2023 Come to an End

The World Athletics Championships are a series of track and field events held once every two years. These championships are the highest level championships in the world, apart from the Olympics, for track and field events. Athletes from all around the globe train hard to participate in this championship. 

This year, the World Athletics Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary. This was the 19th edition of the championships ever since its establishment in 1983. The championships started on August 19 and ended on August 27. A total of 49 events were held in the tournament, including men’s and women’s high jump, pole vault, shot put, discus throw, marathon, relays, hurdles, walks, and javelin throw to name a few. Athletes from 46 countries participated in the championships. 

In the World Athletics Championships 2023, India ranked 18th, along with Serbia, the Dominican Republic, Bahrain, Venezuela and Burkina Faso. India won 1 gold medal, which was secured by the Golden Boy of India, Neeraj Chopra, in the event of javelin throw. With this achievement, Neera Chopra has etched his name in history as the first Indian to win a gold medal in the World Athletics Championships. In his second attempt, he threw the javelin at a distance of 88.17m. Closely behind Chopra was Pakistani athlete Arshad Nadeem with a throw of 87.82m (his season’s best). In third place was Jakub Vadlejch from the Czech Republic with 86.67m. 

Indian athletes, DP Manu and Kishore Jena also performed well in javelin with a throw of 84.14m and 84.77 respectively. This has been Jena’s best throw so far.