Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, who created history by winning gold in the Tokyo Olympics, is again in the news. Neeraj once again made history by winning gold at the World Athletics Championships held in August. For Neeraj to throw 88.17 meters in the second chance. Neeraj became the first Indian athlete to win gold in the World Athletics Championships.
FIDE World Cup Grandmaster R. It also happened that Pragyananda made it to the finals. In the final, he lost to world number one Magnus Carlsen with a score of 2.5-1.5. After Viswanathan Anand, the 18-year-old Prag is the first Indian player to play in the World Cup final. Malayali badminton player H.S. Prannoy made history by winning men’s singles bronze at the Asian Games in Hangzhou. If he had not lost to China’s Li Shifeng in the semi-finals, Pranoi could have secured the silver medal. Prannoy is the second medalist after Syed Modi in Asian Games Badminton. Syed Modi won bronze in 1982 Asian Games. Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty won gold in men’s doubles. Reddy and Shetty won the gold after defeating South Korea’s Choi Solgu and Kim Wonhu. It was India’s first gold in men’s doubles at the Asian Games.
India’s Rohan Bopanna also made history by winning the Indian Wells Masters tennis tournament in California. The 43-year-old Bopanna won the men’s doubles title along with Mathew Ibden. ATP Bopanna is the oldest player to win the Masters 1000 title. The former India captain became the first player to score 50 centuries in ODIs during the ODI Cricket World Cup. Kohli became the star by scoring a century in the match against New Zealand. Kohli also surpassed Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 49 ODI centuries. Indian captain Sunil Chhetri is fourth in the list of top scorers in international football in 2023. Chhetri finished fourth with a hat-trick against Pakistan in the SAFF Championship held in June. Chhetri has surpassed Malaysia’s Mukhtar Dahari (89 goals in 142 matches) with 90 goals.
Chhetri has currently scored 93 goals in 143 matches. 2023 is also the first time that India has made it to the medal list in Asian Games women’s golf.
Aditi Ashok became the first Indian woman to feature in the medal list after winning silver at the West Lake International Golf Course in Hangzhou. All the previous six medals won in Asian Games golf went to men. Aditi Gopichand Swamy also made history by winning gold in Archery World Cup. Aditi is the youngest player to win the World Cup. Aditi won the gold by defeating Andrea Besara (149-147).
2023-12-30 19:32:00
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