Neeraj Chopra beats Grenada's Anderson Peters to become world's No.1 javelin thrower
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Image: Twitter Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra has once again made the world fly the flag. He has become the world's No. 1 player in the current men's javelin throw rankings published by World Athletics. Neeraj Chopra has achieved this feat for the first time in his career. Neeraj Chopra has surpassed Grenada's legendary javelin athlete Anderson Peters in this matter. Neeraj Chopra tops the ranking Neeraj Chopra currently tops the latest World Athletics Rankings with 1455 points, while Anderson Peters is the world's second-ranked javelin thrower with 1433 points. He is 22 points behind Neeraj. Tokyo Olympics silver medalist Jakub Wadlej of the Czech Republic is third in the world rankings with 1416 points. Neeraj became the first Indian player to win the Diamond League On August 30 last year, the 25-year-old Neeraj reached number two in the world rankings but could not overtake Peters after that. However, he won the Diamond League 2022 final in Zurich the following month and became the first Indian to win the tournament, and on 5 May he won the Doha Diamond League title with a javelin throw of 88.67 metres. Due to which he became the number-1 javelin thrower.
