CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Hyderabad: Annu Rani, the Uttar Pradesh javelin-thrower, improved her own national record with a 59.87m throw while Kerala took the overall championship with 164 points as 56th National inter-state Senior Athletics Championships concluded here on Saturday.

Detailed explanation-2: -With his second throw measuring 87.58m handing him the gold medal at Tokyo, Neeraj Chopra became the first Indian track and field athlete to win a medal at the Olympics. Until Neeraj Chopra’s Tokyo heroics, India’s legacy in athletics at the Summer Games was highlighted only by heart-breaking misses.

Detailed explanation-3: -On 14 June 2022, at the Paavo Nurmi Games, he registered a new national record of 89.30m in Turku, Finland, Chopra eventually beat his own record by reaching 89.94m at Stockholm Diamond League in Sweden on 30 June 2022.

Detailed explanation-4: -Diamond League But 2022 was just as excellent. He won the silver medal in the World Athletics competition and finished second in the Diamond League. He accomplished it with the finest throw to date, measuring 89.94 metres, barely 0.6 metres short of the coveted 90-metre milestone.

Detailed explanation-5: -Neeraj Chopra became the first Indian to win the Diamond League Finals, registering the best throw of 88.44m in the men’s javelin throw event.