CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -India’s Neeraj Chopra, the Tokyo 2020 Olympics javelin throw champion, won the silver medal at the World Athletics Championships 2022 in Oregon on Saturday to end India’s 19-year-long wait for a medal at the worlds.

Detailed explanation-2: -Neeraj Chopra’s 88.44m javelin throw in Zurich won him the Diamond League trophy on September 8, 2022. (Image source: Twitter/Neeraj chopra1) Neeraj Chopra’s gold medal in the Wanda Diamond League final on Thursday (September 8, 2022), he feels, was the apt end to a year in which he continued to break newer barriers.

Detailed explanation-3: -Chopra scripted history as he became only the second Indian and first male track and field athlete to win a medal in the World Championships by clinching silver in the javelin throw final in Eugene, US. A great accomplishment by one of our most distinguished athletes!

Detailed explanation-4: -Neeraj Chopra claims silver in 2022 World Athletics Championships javelin final; Anderson Peters wins gold.

Detailed explanation-5: -Indian shooters gave a stellar account of themselves at the I****SSF Rifle/Pistol World Championship 2022 in Cairo, Egypt and won 34 medals – 12 golds, nine silvers and 13 bronze – to finish second on the medals tally behind China.