Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra added a brand new feather to his cap as he grew to become the world primary for the primary time in his profession, as per the most recent males’s javelin throw rankings issued by the World Athletics.
Chopra topped the charts with 1,455 factors, 22 forward of Grenada’s reigning world champion Anderson Peters (1433).
Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Jakub Vadlejch of Czech Republic was third with 1416 factors.
The 25-year-old Chopra rose to world quantity two on August 30 final 12 months however had been caught behind Peters since then.
In September final 12 months, Neeraj Chopra gained the Diamond League 2022 finals in Zurich, turning into the primary Indian to win the distinguished occasion.
He gained the title on the season-opening Doha Diamond League on Could 5 with a throw of 88.67 metres.
He’ll subsequent compete on the FBK Video games on June 4 within the Netherlands, adopted by the Paavo Nurmi Video games in Turku, Finland, on June 13.
In August 2021, Chopra grew to become the primary athlete and solely second Indian to win a person Olympic gold when he gained the title on the Tokyo Olympics.
The Indian javelin thrower threw 87.58 metre to win an Olympic gold. His gold was solely the second particular person Olympic gold for India after shooter Abhinav Bindra’s historic feat on the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
(With inputs from PTI)
