{"id":323785,"date":"2023-05-22T17:22:01","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T17:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/05\/22\/neeraj-chopra-makes-history-becomes-world-no-1-in-mens-javelin-rankings-more-sports-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2023-05-22T17:22:01","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T17:22:01","slug":"neeraj-chopra-makes-history-becomes-world-no-1-in-mens-javelin-rankings-more-sports-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/05\/22\/neeraj-chopra-makes-history-becomes-world-no-1-in-mens-javelin-rankings-more-sports-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Neeraj Chopra makes history, becomes World No.1 in men&#8217;s javelin rankings | More sports News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-100427677,imgsize-70062.cms\" \/><\/p>\n<div>NEW DELHI: In a major career milestone, Olympic gold medallist <!-- -->Neeraj Chopra<!-- --> on Monday claimed world number one ranking in men&#8217;s <!-- -->javelin<!-- --> for the first time ever. <br \/>With a total of 1455 points, Neeraj became the new No.1 javelin thrower, surpassing the reigning world champion from Grenada, <!-- -->Anderson Peters<!-- -->, who held the second position with 1433 points. <br \/>Tokyo Olympics silver medallist <!-- -->Jakub Vadlejch<!-- --> of Czech Republic was third with 1416 points.<br \/>The 25-year-old Chopra rose to world number two on August 30 last year but was stuck behind Peters since then.<br \/>In September last year, Neeraj Chopra won the Diamond League 2022 finals in Zurich, becoming the first Indian to win the prestigious trophy.<br \/>He won the title at the season-opening Doha Diamond League on May 5 with a throw of 88.67m.<br \/>He will next compete at the FBK Games on June 4 in the Netherlands, followed by the Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku, Finland, on June 13.<br \/><span class=\"em \">(With inputs from PTI)<\/span><\/div>\n<p><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isFBCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        if (f.fbq) return;\n        n = f.fbq = function() {\n          n.callMethod ? 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