{"id":47668,"date":"2026-08-11T02:45:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T21:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/neeraj-chopra-keep-building-on-this-momentum-neeraj-chopra-celebrates-indias-world-athletics-u20-cships-display-more-sports-news\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T02:45:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T21:15:51","slug":"neeraj-chopra-keep-building-on-this-momentum-neeraj-chopra-celebrates-indias-world-athletics-u20-cships-display-more-sports-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/neeraj-chopra-keep-building-on-this-momentum-neeraj-chopra-celebrates-indias-world-athletics-u20-cships-display-more-sports-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Neeraj Chopra: ‘Keep building on this momentum’: Neeraj Chopra celebrates India\u2019s World Athletics U20 C’ships display | More sports News"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Neeraj Chopra<\/a> has praised India\u2019s young athletes after the country finished the World Athletics U20 Championships in Oregon, USA, with three medals.The Indian team returned with two silver medals and one bronze, matching its medal tally from the 2021 and 2022 editions.“Congratulations to the entire Indian contingent at the U-20 World Athletics Championships, who gave their best for the country and returned not just with medals, but so much of exposure and experience of competing with international athletes. Keep building on this momentum!” Neeraj Chopra wrote on X.India\u2019s campaign ended without a gold, but the three-medal haul showed continued progress at the junior level. Ashish Yadav won silver in the men\u2019s javelin throw, Basant Kumar Meghwal claimed silver in the men\u2019s high jump, while Shahnavaz Khan took bronze in the men\u2019s long jump.<\/p>\n

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High jumper Pooja Singh, one of India\u2019s biggest medal hopes, finished seventh in the women\u2019s final. The 19-year-old cleared 1.84m but failed all three attempts at 1.87m, well below her national senior record of 1.93m set while winning gold at the Asian U20 Championships in May.Australia\u2019s Izobelle Louison-Roe won gold with 1.92m, while Hungary\u2019s Lilianna Batori and Spain\u2019s Aitana Alonso took silver and bronze respectively.India\u2019s women\u2019s 4x400m relay team also finished ninth after clocking 3:45.28. Despite missing out on gold, India\u2019s three medals continue a stronger run in junior athletics. The country had won just four medals between 2002 and 2018, but has since regularly reached the podium, including historic golds by Chopra in 2016 and Hima Das in 2018.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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India’s Neeraj Chopra (PTI Photo\/Ravi Choudhary) Neeraj Chopra has praised India\u2019s young athletes after the country finished the World Athletics U20 Championships in Oregon, USA, with three medals.The Indian team returned with two silver medals and one bronze, matching its medal tally from the 2021 and 2022 editions.“Congratulations to the entire Indian contingent at the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43482,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t