Neeraj Chopra, India's Olympic gold medallist, once again proved his class with a winning return after being out for a month due to injury. The 25-year-old took 1st place in the Lausanne leg of the Diamond League. This was his 2nd straight win this season in the Diamond League, as per TOI.??
In spite of having to miss 3 major competitions as a result of a muscle strain sustained during training in June, Neeraj was back with a bang. His throw of 87.66m in the fifth round won him the title.
Neeraj started with a foul and then 2 throws of 83.52m and 85.04m. One more foul came in Round 4 and then he delivered with the winning throw of 87.66m. In his last throw, he managed 84.15m.?
Julian Weber came 2nd with 87.03m and Jakub Vadlejch was 3rd with 86.13m.?
Chopra won the Lausanne leg back in August 2022, his 1st Diamond League title. He later won the Diamond League trophy.?
In the season opener Diamond League edition on May 5, Neeraj won with a throw of 88.67m. His personal best is 89.94m.?
In May, Neeraj made history by claiming the world number one ranking in men's javelin for the first time ever, as per TOI, according to PTI.
With 1455 points, Neeraj took the top spot by going past the current world champion Anderson Peters, who is now 2nd with 1433 points.?
Jakub Vadlejch is third with 1416 points.?
Neeraj became 2nd in the world on August 30, 2022 but could not go past Peters until now.?
Neeraj won the Olympic gold back in 2021 and since then has only gotten better.?
So much so, that an Olympic legend is his latest fan.?
Who are we talking about? None other than former American sprinter Michael Johnson.?
Johnson was in awe of Neeraj's movements.?
When an Olympic legend is singing your praises, you know you are doing something right. ?????? ?