Beats Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem…
On Sunday night, at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest, his javelin took flight and landed at a distance of 88.17m in his second attempt in history was made by the 25-year-old from Khandra, Haryana.
Now, he is the first Indian ever to hold a gold medal at the World Athletics Championship.
Already an Olympic champion, he has triumphed over the only major competition that was left for him to conquer.
India's Kishore Jena finished fifth with a personal best throw of 84.77m while the third Indian in the fray DP Manu finished sixth with a best attempt of 84.14m.
Chopra has an Asian Games gold medal, a Commonwealth Games gold, a Diamond League title, an Asian Championships gold, and a U-20 world title. Chopra's trophy cabinet will now showcase a World Championship gold medal too.
In the qualification round, the Tokyo Olympics champion threw his season-best attempt of 88.77m to qualify in the final with just one throw.
The 2024 Paris Olympics qualifying mark is 85.50m. With that one throw, Chopra qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics too.
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