Neeraj Chopra returned to the top of the World Rankings in the latest list released on the official website of the World Athletics this week.
Neeraj, the reigning world champion in men’s javelin throw, lost the No. 1 ranking to Anderson Peters on September 17 last year after the Grenadian won the Diamond League Final in Brussels. However, a series of consistent performances has finally helped him overtake Peters.
As per the latest list released on Tuesday, Neeraj has 1445 points while Peters is on 1431. Germany’s Julian Weber is third with 1407 while Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem, the current Olympic champion, is fourth with 1370.
The 27-year-old Neeraj, who will defend his title at the World Championships in Tokyo in September, started his season with an invitational meet in Potchefstroom, South Africa, where he won with a throw of 84.52m in April.
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At his Diamond League opener in Doha, he broke the 90m mark for the first time with a throw of 90.23m, bettering his previous best of 89.94m. Despite the milestone, Neeraj finished second to Germany’s Julian Weber, who threw a world-leading 91.06m — also his first 90m+ throw.
After Doha, Neeraj competed at the Janusz Kusocinski Memorial in Chorzow, Poland, where he (84.14m) again finished second to Weber (86.12m).
Neeraj finally beat Weber at the Paris Diamond League as the Indian topped the field with his opening throw of 88.16m.
On Tuesday, Neeraj recorded his third victory of the season at the Ostrava Golden Spike with 88.16m throw.
Neeraj’s next event will be the inaugural Neeraj Chopra Classic which will take place at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru on July 5.
