Neeraj Chopra, an Olympic medallist from india, made history early on monday when he won his nation's first-ever gold medal at the World Athletics Championships by narrowly defeating Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem by less than a metre in Budapest's men's javelin throw final.

In his second effort, Neeraj threw 88.17 metres, which was his greatest throw, and he was able to maintain his lead all the way to the finish line. Nadeem, the 87.82 m champion at the Commonwealth Games, received a silver medal. Jakub Vadlejch of the czech republic won bronze with the best throw of 86.67 metres. DP Manu (best of 84.14 m) came in sixth, followed by kishore Jena (best of 84.77 m).

At the current World Championships, india has won medals in every colour. After winning a silver medal in the World Championships the previous year, Neeraj now has two medals to his name. Anju bobby George, who won a bronze medal for the women's long jump at the 2003 World Championships, was India's last medallist until he won two.

Oliver Helander of finland claimed the lead in the opening round of attempts with a throw of 83.38 metres. Neeraj Chopra got off to a bad start as his first toss was called a foul. kishore Jena and DP Manu's first throws were 75.70 metres and 78.44 metres, respectively. However, it wasn't enough to place them in the top three. Helander was in front of the pack after the first round of tries.

Jakub Vadlejch of the czech republic claimed the lead in the second round of attempts with a throw of 84.18 metres. Neeraj, though, overcame his initial fears and outdid Jakub with an enormous 88.17 m throw to grab the lead. The second attempt by manu was illegal. With a strong second throw of 82.82 metres, Jena moved up to fifth place. After the second round of tries, Neeraj had taken the lead with a huge 88.17 m.

Neeraj began the third round of tries with a throw that ranked second in the tournament thus far at 86.32 metres. He was able to keep the lead. Arshad Nadeem, the Commonwealth Games champion from Pakistan, moved up to position two with a huge throw of 87.82 m.

He threw the furthest of the season, and he and Olympic winner Neeraj were separated by only a few metres. manu maintained his position of fifth with a third try of 83.72 m. Jena's third try resulted in a foul, keeping him in seventh place. After the third round of tries, Neeraj had the upper hand with 88.17.

At the beginning of the fourth round of attempts, Jena was still in seventh place thanks to his fourth try of 80.19 m. Manu's fourth try resulted in a foul, which kept him in position five. Still in the lead, Neeraj produced his fourth throw of 84.64 metres. Nadeem, who had the second-best throw of the preceding attempts and threw 87.15 m on his fourth try, was nevertheless still very near to him.

At the conclusion of the fourth round of tries, Neeraj was in first place. Jena finished fourth, almost missing a bronze with his sixth effort of 84.77 m. Nadeem's dreams of landing in the top slot were dashed as his fifth attempt was called a foul. Neeraj maintained the lead with his sixth throw, which was 87.73 metres.

It was, however, only a few centimetres short of Nadeem's prior second-best throw of 87.82 m. In their sixth tries, manu recorded 83.48 m and Jena recorded 84.77 m. manu was sixth, while Jena was fifth. Still, Neeraj was in first place. Manu's last throw of 84.14 metres kept him in sixth place in the final round of attempts. Jena made a foul and remained in fifth place. In his final try, Nadeem's throw of 81.86 metres fell short of Neeraj's 88.17 metres. In this fashion, Neeraj won India's first-ever gold medal in a World Championship, while Nadeem accepted a silver medal.