World Athletics Championships 2023 Day 7 Highlights: Neeraj Chopra, DP Manu, Kishore Jena qualify for men's javelin throw final

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Reigning Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra, DP Manu and Kishore Kumar Jena will be in action shortly in the Javelin Throw qualifying rounds at the World Athletics Championships 2023. Neeraj Chopra and DP Manu will start the proceedings in qualifying round 1 while Kishore Kumar Jena is positioned in qualifying round 2. A big test awaits Manu and Kishore as they will look to make the opportunities count in their maiden World Championships meet.

Neeraj Chopra has had a good start to the season winning the Doha Diamond League and after a short injury break was back with a bang at the Lausanne leg to clinch the top spot once again. Kishore Kumar Jena made the entry into the competition at the 36th spot after clinching gold in Sri Lanka National Athletics Championships 2023.

The most prestigious tournament after the Olympics, the World Athletics Championships 2023 kicked off in Budapest, Hungary at the National Athletics Centre on August 19th and will end on 27th August 2023. The first edition of the World Athletics championships was held in 1983 and since then it has been held biennially.

So far, a total of 104 countries have won medals with USA occupying the top spot with 414 medals (183 Gold, 126 Silver and 105 Bronze). India has won only two medals (1 Silver and 1 Bronze).

Allyson Felix is the most successful athlete in the history of World Athletics Championships having won 20 medals (14 Gold, 3 Silver and 3 Bronze). Usain Bolt is the most successful male athlete having won 14 medals (11 Gold, 2 Silver and 1 Bronze).

India till date has won only two medals at World Athletics Championships 2023 – Anju Bobby George (bronze – 2003) and Neeraj Chopra (silver – 2022). If Neeraj wins a medal at World Athletics Championships 2023 then he will become the first Indian to win two successive medals and also the first to win two medals at the World event.

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