Neeraj Chopra, once again, made headlines as he was crowned the best javelin thrower in the world by presented alongside…, while Arshad Nadeem secured a place in this.

Neeraj Chopra, who earned a silver medal in Tokyo Olympics, has been ranked as the strongest male javelin thrower in the world for 2024. This title was commissioned to him by Track and Field News, an American magazine that is highly regarded on a global platform. Furthermore, Chopra ranked 1st last year in the global javelin throw ranking that was published by California based magazine. In 2023, Chopra battled with Paksitan's Nadeem, over a gold medal and sadly tasted his loss. 

During the Olympics, he managed to beat chopra as his throw was 92.97m whereas Chopra’s was 89.45m. It is also important to note that Nadeem did not participate in any other competition, which reflected in his ranking of fifth. In Paris Diamond league he ranked 4th. 

Track and Field News is self claimed to be the bible of athletics since its inception in 1948. It has strong weapons in their arsenal for they frequently issue American and Global rankings which help them establish a firm reputation that is highly regarded in the field of athletics. 

In 2023, chopped all his competitions and triumphed over them easily, allowing him to easily be ranked first. Although In Diamond League he only managed to become the second in Lausanne, Brussels, and Doha making it a series of suggested victories. He accomplished further success in Paavo Nurmi Games that were held in Turku, Finland by finishing first.

“The contest for the pole position has also not been conclusive between reigning champion Neeraj Chopra and 2022’s winner Anderson Peters,” the magazine wrote. “Chopra did not have any DL wins but held a narrow 3-2 advantage over Peters.” “Peters, for his part, managed to get a treble of DL victories. Aguably, a narrow lead is given to the Indian courtesy of his superior placing in Paris,” it added. Nadeem, like Peters, finished second behind Chopra in the Paris Olympics and won three DL events as well In Lausanne, Zurich, and Brussels. What do you do with an Olympic Gold Medalist who only competed once along with a few other events and placed 4th in an additional one? Commented the magazine on Nadeem. The question garnered a response of What Shereed topped the overall finish with. It was determined however that Arshad Nadeem could not be positioned any greater than 5 yet was placed at 6 for the all time rankings.