Fill in the blank: Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra won India's first-ever gold at the World Athletics Championships in ________ in 2023.

Correct — C. Neeraj Chopra won the javelin at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest with a throw of 88.17 m.

It was India's first gold at the World Championships. A year earlier, at Eugene 2022, he had won silver with 88.13 m.

Why the others are wrong

• (a)
  Eugene — Eugene hosted the 2022 World Championships, where Chopra won silver with 88.13 m. His gold came a year later in Budapest.
• (b)
  Tokyo — Tokyo is where he won Olympic gold, at the 2020 Games, with 87.58 m. The question asks about the 2023 World Athletics Championships.
• (d)
  Doha — Doha hosted the 2019 World Championships, which Chopra missed after elbow surgery that year. It was not the 2023 venue.

India's medals at the World Athletics Championships are few enough to learn in order. Anju Bobby George won long-jump bronze in 2003. Chopra's silver at Eugene 2022 was India's second medal, and his gold at Budapest 2023 its first title.

He was also the first Asian to win the men's javelin at the World Championships. Keep these venues apart from his Olympic record: gold at Tokyo 2020 and silver at Paris 2024.

Key facts

• Neeraj Chopra won javelin gold at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest with 88.17 m.
• He won silver at the 2022 World Championships in Eugene with 88.13 m.
• He won Olympic gold at Tokyo 2020 with 87.58 m.
• India's first World Championships medal was Anju Bobby George's long-jump bronze in 2003.

Common traps

• Picking Tokyo because Chopra's most famous gold, the Olympic one, was won there.
• Picking Eugene, his first World Championships medal, which was silver.

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