May 30th, 2023: With 1455 points under his name, Neeraj Chopra took first place. Read to know more.
Neeraj Chopra, who won the men's javelin throw gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics, is now ranked first in the world.
Neeraj has now held the #1 rank for the first time, becoming the first Indian to accomplish this incredible achievement. The winner, Neeraj Chopra, has 1455 points to his name. He presently has a 22-point lead over Anderson Peters, the previous world champion with 1433 points.
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Jakub Vadlejch, who won silver in the Olympics in Tokyo, is ranked third with 1416 points. Neeraj Chopra previously held the position of number two, which he achieved on August 30 of last year and has remained behind Peters. Neeraj Chopra with a throw of 88.67 metres, won the title in the Doha Diamond League earlier this month. He, however, got off to a solid start this season. On June 4, he will compete in the FBK Games in the Netherlands. On June 13, he will compete in the Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku, Finland.
Neeraj Chopra, who had previously won a gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, missed the most recent Commonwealth Games in Birmingham owing to a groin injury that he had suffered while competing for a silver medal at the World Championships in the USA in July. However, Neeraj was the first Indian to accomplish the feat when he won the Diamond League 2022 championship in Zurich in September of last year.