World Championships: Neeraj Chopra soars but Indian athletics remains stagnant
New Delhi, August 28. Neeraj Chopra won a gold medal at the World Athletics Championships, which was the only medal missing from his collection. However, other Indian athletes did not perform well and only won three medals in total. Chopra won two of those medals, one silver and one gold. Anju Bobby George, who is a very famous long jumper, won a bronze medal in the 2003 competition. On Sunday night, he made history again by throwing the javelin very far and winning a gold medal in the World Athletics Championships. However, it is expected that the Indian team will only bring home this one gold medal from Budapest. Even though Indian athletes reached the finals in four events, only Chopra was seen as a strong competitor. In the previous edition, six Indians had reached the finals. Not many Indians made it to the finals this year. The finalists included javelin throwers Chopra, DP Manu, and Kishore Jena, 3000m steeple chaser Parul Chaudhary, long jumper Jeswin Aldrin, and the men’s relay team. However, the Indians were disappointed with the results, especially in the long jump event. Jeswin Aldrin and Murali Sreeshankar were the top performers of the season when they participated in the meet. However, the first person came in 11th place, while the second person didn’t make it to the final. Similarly, Avinash Sable, who does the 3000m steeplechase, was expected to do really well after Chopra, but he messed up in his preliminary race and got eliminated from the event. “Last time was better. If you look at this time and the time from last year, the athletes were not the same. We did really great in the 4x400m relay race and set a new record for Asia. Some new athletes arrived this time and they brought with them new optimism and possibilities for the future. We will get ready really well for the Olympics,” Chopra said. “I understand how people who didn’t perform their best are feeling. ” They got ready in the best way they could, but I want to say to them not to feel sad because they tried their hardest. They need to find the mistake and not do it again, he said. The men’s 4x400m relay team broke the Asian record, three javelin throwers finished in the top six, and Parul Chaudhary broke the women’s 3000m steeplechase national record and qualified for the Paris Olympics. These were the good performances in India’s otherwise average performance at the World event. Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Amoj Jacob, Muhammed Ajmal Variyathodi, and Rajesh Ramesh broke the Asian record in a race and finished fifth in the final. Minutes before that, Chaudhary achieved the Paris qualifying mark and set a new national record while finishing in 11th place. For the first time, three Indians finished in the top six in the men’s javelin event. Kishore Jena and DP Manu finished fifth and sixth respectively, with Jena achieving his personal best distance of 84. 77m Please rewrite the text so that it is easier to understand:
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