India's star javelin thrower and Olympics gold medallist Neeraj Chopra scripted history yet again by bagging a landmark silver at the World Athletics Championships on Sunday (July 24).
The 24-year-old Chopra, who had come into the showpiece as a hot medal favourite, produced a best throw of 88.13m, which came in the fourth round, to finish second behind defending champion Anderson Peters of Grenada (90.54m).
He became only the second Indian and first male track and field athlete to win a medal in the World Championships.
Meanwhile, Bollywood stars seem to revel in the glory of Neeraj Chopra as they flooded the social media with congratulatory posts.
Bollywood stars Kareena Kapoor Khan, Anushka Sharma and Ayushmann Khurrana on Sunday congratulated Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra for winning the silver medal at the marquee event in the javelin throw final.
Kareena took to Instagram and shared the news of Chopra's win with a silver medal GIF and clap emoticons.
"Congratulations Neeraj Chopra," Anushka wrote.
Ayushmann posted on Instagram, "Congratulations Neeraj Chopra on winning India’s first ever silver at the World Athletics Championships!"
Sidharth Malhotra, Rajkummar Rao and Bhumi Pednekar also praised the 24-year-old athlete on his achievement.
"Congratulations @neeraj_____chopra for winning a silver at the World Athletics Championship 2022. More power to you," Malhotra wrote.
Rao hailed Chopra as the "champion of the champions". "Another one for the country. Congratulations brother," he added.
Chopra, who had come into the showpiece as a hot medal favourite, produced a best throw of 88.13 metres to finish second.
Anju Bobby George, a renowned long jumper, was the first Indian to win a medal -- bronze -- in the World Championships in the 2003 edition in Paris.
Kangana Ranaut congratulated Neeraj Chopra on her Stories by sharing a video of him throwing the javelin and wrote, “The unstoppable @neeraj_chopra… pride of India.”
Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar also shared an Insta Story, that read, “Big Congratulations to @Neeraj_Chopra for making history yet again by winning a silver medal at world athletics championship in Oregon USA. Absolutely brilliant.”
