Neeraj Chopra: The track and field news magazine published from California, United States, is highly regarded by athletics fans and players as well as critics. Global organizations of the sports world also enjoy this honor and respect of reporting and ranking of this magazine. The magazine named India’s Neeraj Chopra as the best javelin thrower of the year 2024.
At the end of every year, it is every athlete’s dream to be among the top ten in the sport-wise rankings of athletes in various track and field sports. The magazine has named India’s Olympic gold and silver medalist Neeraj Chopra as number one among the top ten javelin throwers of 2024.
Ranking Criteria
Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem, who won gold medal in Paris Olympics, surprisingly finished fifth. Ranking panelists and magazine editors also provide analysis of the rankings. He said, we also give importance to the consistent good performance of the player throughout the year. Neeraj Chopra is in first place and two-time world champion Anderson Peters is in second place.
Neeraj Chopra became the world number one javelin thrower for the second consecutive year
Even in the year 2023, Neeraj Chopra was at first place in this ranking. Thus, Neeraj Chopra managed to become the world number one javelin thrower for two consecutive years. The magazine wrote, ‘There was a tough competition between Neeraj Chopra and Anderson to become number one. Neeraj Chopra could not win in the Diamond League last year but he has taken an overall lead of 3-2 over Peters Anderson. Peters won three Diamond League titles. Neeraj Chopra could not achieve the target of 90 meters but his performance continued and won the silver medal in the Paris Olympics. While Peters won the bronze medal.
Nadeem finished fifth
Arshad Nadeem finished fifth. The magazine has written about this, ‘Olympic gold medalist Nadeem played only one competition during the year apart from the Olympics and in that too he stood fourth. Last year, Neeraj Chopra had thrown a throw of 88.39 meters in the Diamond League held in Doha. He finished second behind Jakob Wadelch. He was the National Federation Senior Athletics champion at the Paavo Nurmi Tournament in Finland.
Neeraj Chopra’s consistently brilliant performance
After this Neeraj won the silver medal in the Paris Olympics with a throw of 89.45 meters. Pakistan’s Nadeem won the gold medal with a throw of 92.97 meters, breaking the Olympic record. Neeraj Chopra recorded his career-second best throw of 89.49 meters and finished second at the Lausanne Diamond League. After this he participated in the Brussels event and secured second place. In both, Peters and Anderson finished first.
