Watch: Neeraj Chopra wins hearts with his gesture towards Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem

Neeraj Chopra’s heartwarming gesture to invite Pakisan’s Arshad Nadeem to pose for a photo after the javelin final at the World Athletics Championships 2023 in Budapest is going viral. Neeraj on Sunday became the first Indian to win a gold at Worlds as the Olympic champions recorded a history-making throw of 88.17m.

Arshad Nadeem, the reigning Commonwealth Games champion, won the silver with his season’s best throw of 87.82m which also made him the first from his country to win a medal at the World Athletics Championships.

Bronze was won by Czech Republic’s Jakub Vadlejch who registered an 86.67m throw.

Watch: Neeraj Chopra’s history-making throw at World Athletics 

After the competition was finished, the medal winners were seen posing for photos together with the flags of their respective nations. However, Nadeem was missing from the frame as he did not have a Paksitan flag.

Neeraj was quick to invite Nadeem to pose with him as both athletes stood together under the Indian flag.

Watch Neeraj Chopra inviting Silver medalist Arshad Nadeem (likely without flag) under Bharat’s