Another achievement for Olympic medalist Neeraj Chopra, who became the world’s No. 1 athlete

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Olympic medalist Neeraj Chopra has become the world number one athlete for the first time in his career in the latest men’s javelin throw rankings released by World Athletics. He once again brought laurels to India by scoring 1455 marks. He is 22 points ahead of world champion Anderson Peters (1433) of Granada. Tokyo Olympics silver medalist Jakub Wadlje of Czech Republic finished third with 1416 points. Chopra (25) reached the world No. 2 spot on August 30 last year but has not been able to overtake Peters since then.

Won gold medal in Tokyo Olympics

Neeraj Chopra won the gold medal for India in the javelin throw at the Tokyo Olympics. Chopra did this charisma on 2021, 7th August. He became the first track and field athlete to win a medal at the Olympics. Not only this but he became only the second individual player to win a gold medal for India. 25-year-old Neeraj caught everyone’s attention from there. Neeraj also has a throw record of 89.94 metres, which he made in the Diamond League held in Stockholm.

He was also the champion of the Diamond League played in Doha.

Neeraj Chopra won the Diamond League played in Switzerland in September 2022. He was also the champion of the recently played Diamond League in Doha. Neeraj threw a javelin of 88.67 in his first attempt. After this no one could throw a spear at him.

The next tournament will be played in Hengelo, Netherlands

With this, Neeraj will now play the next tournament of the 2023 season in Hengelo, Netherlands. The competition, which starts on June 4, is called the Fanny Blankers-Cohen Games. At the same time, after this tournament, Neeraj will appear in the Nurmi Games to be held in Turku, Finland from June 13.