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Tuesday, Jun 24, 2025
The AFI has named a 53-member athletics squad for the quadrennial even in Indonesia.
Chinese Taipei rival Chao-Tsun Cheng managed 82.52m to take the second place.
If Neeraj was the cynosure of all eyes, Hima also carved out a slice of history by becoming the first Indian woman athlete to win a gold at the world level.
The star javelin thrower's introduction to the sport was incidental when he visited the Panipat Stadium in Haryana in a bid to lose weight.
Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra finished sixth with a below-par show.
This year's award ceremony was postponed to September 25 from the usual August 29 due to the clash of dates with the Asian Games.
The 20-year-old Indian, who was competing in the season's Diamond League Series Finale just three days after winning Asian Games gold.
The 20-year-old javelin thrower is the reigning Commonwealth Games champion.
There is genuine belief in the Indian camp that they can win at least three golds besides a handful of medals.
The Commonwealth and Asian Games champion, seen as one of India's best medal prospects at the Games, spent the whole of 2019 recovering from an elbow operation on his throwing arm.
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