World Athletics Championships 2023

Neeraj Chopra creates history in Budapest by winning India’s maiden World Championships gold medal

Olympic champion Chopra ended India's four-decade wait for a gold medal in the World Athletics Championships with a throw of 88.17 metres in his second attempt.

World Athletics Championships: 'Gold for our diamond', netizens hail Neeraj Chopra's historic feat in Budapest

Two years since he won India's maiden Olympic gold in athletics, ace javelin thrower Chopra ended the country's four-decade wait for gold in any discipline on Monday with a throw of 88.17 metres in his second attempt.

World Athletics Championships 2023 Day 9 Highlights: Neeraj Chopra wins India's maiden gold medal with 88.17m throw

World Athletics Championships 2023 Highlights: Neeraj Chopra becomes the first Indian to win gold at the World Athletics Championships with a throw of 88.17 metres in his second attempt!

World Athletics Championships: Lyles, Richardson anchor US sweep of relays; Duplantis retains pole vault title

Marco Arop and Pierce LePage became the first Canadians to win the men's 800m title and decathlon respectively.

World Athletics Championships: Indian men's 4x400m relay team shatters Asian record, qualifies for maiden final

The Indian quartet of Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Amoj Jacob, Muhammed Ajmal Variyathodi and Rajesh Ramesh finished second in heat number one behind USA (2:58.47) to make it to the final to be held on Sunday.

'Showing how it's done': Neeraj Chopra hailed on social media after 88.77m throw in World Athletics Championships

Tokyo Olympic gold medallist Chopra not only topped the qualification round of the javelin throw event and was comfortably ahead of his competitors. He needed just one throw to book his place in the final.

World Athletics Championships: Jamaican athletes dominate Day 6 with five medals

Athletes from the island of sun and sprints won five medals Thursday night, four of which came in hurdles and long jump. The other came in the 400 meters.

World Athletics Championships: Jeswin Aldrin finishes disappointing 11th in men's long jump final

National record-holder Aldrin started with two fouled attempts before registering a jump of 7.77 metres on his third attempt, which unfortunately wasn't enough for him to land a top-eight finish in the 12-man final.

World Athletics Championships: Karsten Warholm saves Norway's honour, Jakob Ingebrigtsen denied

In the 400m hurdles, Karsten Warholm pulled away down the finishing straight after being pressured by perennial rival Rai Benjamin on the final bend

World Athletics Championships: Parul, Aldrin qualify for finals as Sreeshankar makes shock exit

Before Parul Chaudhary, Lalita Babar, also a 3000m steeplechase athlete, was the lone Indian woman to qualify for the final at a World Championships in a track event.