PM Modi congratulates Neeraj Chopra on his historic victory at World Athletics Championships

Entire country rejoiced Neeraj Chopra's historic silver medal victory at the World Athletics Championships on Sunday. Messages congratulating the star javelin thrower started pouring on the social media.

The 24-year-old produced a best throw of 88.13m to finish second behind defending champion Anderson Peters. With his win, he became only the second Indian and first



male track and field athlete to win a medal at the World Championships.

"A great accomplishment by one of our most distinguished athletes! Congratulations to Neeraj Chopra on winning a historic Silver medal at the World Championships. This is a special moment for Indian sports.

Best wishes to Neeraj for his upcoming endeavours," PM Modi tweeted.