Neeraj Chopra becomes first Indian to win gold at World Athletics Championships; Kareena Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Kangana Ranaut, Sanjay Dutt and other celebs hail Olympic medalist | Etimes

Neeraj Chopra created history yet again. The ‘Golden Boy of India’, registered a throw of 88.17m on his second attempt at the World Championships to take home the gold medal and become the first-ever Indian to achieve this feat. Following his historic success, many B-town celebs rushed to their social media handles and lauded Chopra for his unprecedented win. Kangana Ranaut shared a snap of Neeraj and wrote, ‘Congratulations India! Undoubtedly the greatest of all time’, whereas Kareena Kapoor shared a clip of an Indian athlete from the event and wrote, ‘So proud of you Neeraj Chopra #Worldchampion.’ Anushka Sharma also congratulated him and wrote, ‘This is remarkable. Such a proud moment for India.’ Anupam Kher also dropped a video of Chopra’s winning moment and wrote, ‘Hail Neeraj Chopra…….Long live Mother India!!!’ Taking to his Twitter handle, Sidharth Malhotra wrote, ‘Congratulations @Neeraj_Chopra1 on your victory at the #WorldAthleticsChampionships and on becoming world champion for the second time, with an incredible throw’, while Abhishek Bachchan said, ‘Once again, @Neeraj_chopra1 fills us with pride as he secures gold in the men’s javelin throw competition.’ Kay Kay Menon tweeted, ‘Our Golden Boy does it again!! #NeerajChopra becomes the 1st Indian to win a Gold at the #WorldAthleticsChampionships. Heartiest Congratulations!’ For more news and updates, stay tuned to ETimes.