Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra has once again made the entire country proud and this time by clinching the position that nobody else did before. He became the world number one for the first time in his career in the latest men’s javelin throw rankings issued by the World Athletics.
Chopra topped the charts with 1455 points, 22 ahead of Grenada’s reigning world champion Anderson Peters (1433).
Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Jakub Vadlejch of Czech Republic was third with 1416 points.
The 25-year-old Chopra rose to world number two on August 30 last year but was stuck behind Peters since then.
In September last year, Neeraj Chopra won the Diamond League 2022 finals in Zurich, becoming the first Indian to win the prestigious trophy.
He won the title at the season-opening Doha Diamond League on May 5 with a throw of 88.67m.
He will next compete at the FBK Games on June 4 in the Netherlands, followed by the Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku, Finland, on June 13.
Recently, Chopra, who also happens to be Subedar in Indian Army, raised his concern on Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh’s row and supported wrestlers who protested against him. Though his support was subtle, his words made it very clear what he thinks about this whole incident.
