NEW DELHI New Delhi: India's Paris Olympics silver medalist Neeraj Chopra has been named the world's best male javelin thrower in 2024 by the world-renowned American magazine 'Track & Field News'. The 27-year-old Chopra, who won the gold medal at the Olympics in August last year Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem was defeated for the gold medal, defeating two-time world champion Anderson Peters of Grenada for the top spot in the 2024 rankings published by the California-based magazine. racked up.
Nadeem was ranked fifth as he competed in only one event in 2024 apart from the Olympic Games, where he had an impressive throw of 92.97m against Chopra's 89.45m. He finished fourth in the Paris Diamond League. Established in 1948, this magazine, which claims itself to be the 'Bible of the sport', publishes world and US rankings every year. The magazine is considered an authority in global track and field circles. Chopra also topped the 2023 men's javelin throw rankings.
He did not win any Diamond League events in 2024, finishing second in Doha, Lausanne and Brussels. His only major win last year came at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku, Finland. “There wasn't even a clear margin between current leader Neeraj Chopra versus 2022 winner Anderson Peters for the top spot,” the magazine wrote. Chopra had no DL wins. No, but got a slight lead of 3-2 over Peters.” It added, “Peters takes three wins in DL. Indian to perform better in Paris The player has got very little advantage.”
27-year-old Peters had also finished third behind Nadeem and Chopra in the Paris Olympics. He won three DL events in 2024, in Lausanne, Zurich and Brussels. About Nadeem, the magazine wrote: “What do you do with an Olympic gold medalist who has competed in the event only once and finished fourth in that “Thus, it was decided that Arshad Nadeem cannot be placed higher than 5th position even though he has moved up to 6th in the all-time list.”
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