India, Aug. 8 -- Ashish Yadav became the first Indian since Neeraj Chopra to win a medal in men's javelin at the World Under-20 Athletics Championships. Yadav held his own in a quality field to claim the silver medal at the meet in Eugene, Oregon with a throw of 74.09m.

It was at this stage that two-time Olympic medallist Chopra had announced himself to the world with a junior world record throw of 86.48m - the mark still stands as the World U20 best. Since that meet in Poland, every edition of the championships has evinced interest among Indians, but none could finish on the podium in javelin. Yadav ended that wait on Friday.

Yadav qualified for the final with a throw of 69.80m. Fellow Indian T Dharanidharan also made the final with a ...