Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra 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.?
In September 2022, Neeraj won the Diamond League 2022 finals.?
He won the Doha Diamond League on May 5 with a throw of 88.67m.?
Neeraj's next tournament will be the FBK Games on June 4 in Netherlands and followed by the Paavo Nurmi Games in Finland on June 13.??