NEERAJ CHOPRA MADE HISTORY in ’18 when he became the first Indian ever to rate in the javelin, debuting at No. 5. He improved that with No. 2s in ’21 & ’22. And now he’s the world champion and No. 1…
CHOPRA MET DL WINNER Jakub Vadlejch 5 times and came away with a 3-2 margin, just enough. Those were the only losses incurred by the list-leading Czech all year… Vadlejch confirmed his worthiness for the runner-up position by going 5-1 vs Julian Weber and 6-0 vs Oliver Helander. Weber, in turn, topped Helander 5-1…
BUDAPEST HAD A SHOCK RUNNER-UP when Arshad Nadeem came to town with only a single meet on the year, and that a feeble 256-0 (78.02). He added almost 10m to that for silver and then called it a season.
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| 1. NEERAJ CHOPRA (India) (12/24/97, 6-½/176) (1.84/80) | |||||
| 88.67 | 290-11 | … | 1)Doha DL | 5/05 | ||
| 87.66 | 287-7 | … | 1)Lausanne DL | 6/30 | ||
| 88.17 | 289-3 | … | 1)World Ch | 8/27 | ||
| (88.77q) | |||||
| 85.71 | 281-2 | … | 2)Zürich DL | 8/31 | ▷ | 1. Vadlejch |
| 83.80 | 274-11 | … | 2)Eugene DL | 9/16 | ▷ | 1. Vadlejch |
| 88.88 | 291-7 | … | 1)Asian G | 10/04 | ||
| 2. JAKUB VADLEJCH (Czechia) (10/10/90, 6-3½/205) (1.92/93) | |||||
| 88.38 | 289-11 | … | 1)Potchefstroom | 4/18 | ||
| 88.63 | 290-9 | … | 2)Doha DL | 5/05 | ▷ | 1. Chopra |
| 82.55 | 270-10 | … | 1)Prague | 6/05 | ||
| 89.51 | 293-8 | … | 1)Turku CT | 6/13 | ||
| 86.83 | 284-10 | … | 1)Kuortane | 6/17 | ||
| 81.93 | 268-9 | … | 1)Ostrava CT | 6/27 | ||
| 86.13 | 282-7 | … | 3)Lausanne DL | 6/30 | ▷ | 1. Chopra; 2. Weber |
| 85.95 | 282-0 | … | 1)Monaco DL | 7/21 | ||
| 84.68 | 277-10 | … | 1)Czech Ch | 7/30 | ||
| 86.67 | 284-4 | … | 3)World Ch | 8/27 | ▷ | 1. Chopra; 2. Nadeem |
| (83.50q) | |||||
| 85.86 | 281-8 | … | 1)Zürich DL | 8/31 | ||
| 84.24 | 276-4 | … | 1)Eugene DL | 9/16 | ||
| 3. JULIAN WEBER (Germany) (8/29/94, 6-2¾/207) (1.90/94) | |||||
| 82.62 | 271-1 | … | 4)Doha DL | 5/05 | ▷ | 1. Chopra; 2. Vadlejch; 3. Peters |
| 88.37 | 289-11 | … | 1)Rehlingen | 5/28 | ||
| 87.14 | 285-11 | … | 1)Hengelo | 6/04 | ||
| 85.82 | 281-7 | … | 3)Turku CT | 6/13 | ▷ | 1. Vadlejch; 2. Helander |
| 86.26 | 283-0 | … | 1)Euro Teams | 6/25 | ||
| 87.03 | 285-6 | … | 2)Lausanne DL | 6/30 | ▷ | 1. Chopra |
| 88.72 | 291-1 | … | 1)Ger Ch | 7/08 | ||
| 84.23 | 276-4 | … | 2)Monaco DL | 7/21 | ▷ | 1. Vadlejch |
| 83.86 | 275-1 | … | 1)Leverkusen | 7/29 | ||
| 83.29 | 273-3 | … | 1)Offenburg | 8/06 | ||
| 85.79 | 281-5 | … | 4)World Ch | 8/27 | ▷ | 1. Chopra; 2. Nadeem; 3. Vadlejch |
| (82.39q) | |||||
| 85.04 | 279-0 | … | 3)Zürich DL | 8/31 | ▷ | 1. Vadlejch; 2. Chopra |
| 84.09 | 275-10 | … | 1)Berlin | 9/03 | ||
| 4. OLIVER HELANDER (Finland) (1/1/97, 6-4¾/187) (1.95/85) | |||||
| 3f | … | –)Doha DL | 5/05 | ▷ | 1. Chopra; 2. Vadlejch; 3. Peters; 4. Weber; 5. Mardare; 6. Walcott; 7. Dean; 8. Thompson |
| 80.50 | 264-1 | … | 3)Hengelo | 6/04 | ▷ | 1. Weber; 2. Walcott |
| 87.32 | 286-6 | … | 2)Turku CT | 6/13 | ▷ | 1. Vadlejch |
| 83.50 | 273-11 | … | 4)Lausanne DL | 6/30 | ▷ | 1. Chopra; 2. Weber; 3. Vadlejch |
| 81.27 | 266-7 | … | 1)Oulu | 7/08 | ||
| 80.97 | 265-7 | … | 2)Mikkeli | 7/21 | ▷ | 1. Juutinen |
| 85.32 | 279-11 | … | 1)Fin Ch | 7/30 | ||
| (76.78q) | |||||
| 83.38 | 273-7 | … | 7)World Ch | 8/27 | ▷ | 1. Chopra; 2. Nadeem; 3. Vadlejch; 4. Weber; 5. K. Kumar Jena; 6. D. Prakasha Manu |
| (80.19q) | |||||
| 83.65 | 274-5 | … | 4)Zürich DL | 8/31 | ▷ | 1. Vadlejch; 2. Chopra; 3. Weber |
| 83.74 | 274-9 | … | 3)Eugene DL | 9/16 | ▷ | 1. Vadlejch; 2. Chopra |
| 5. ARSHAD NADEEM (Pakistan) (1/2/97, 6-1½/231) (1.87/105) | |||||
| 78.02 | 256-0 | … | 1)Quetta | 5/27 | ||
| 87.82 | 288-1 | … | 2)World Ch | 8/27 | ▷ | 1. Chopra |
| (86.79q) | |||||
| 6. KISHORE KUMAR JENA (India) (6/9/95, 5-10/170) (1.78/77) | |||||
| 78.93 | 258-11 | … | 1)Bellary | 3/01 | ||
| 81.05 | 265-11 | … | 1)Trivandrum | 3/20 | ||
| 79.39 | 260-5 | … | 1)Lucknow | 3/24 | ||
| (71.29q) | |||||
| 77.22 | 253-4 | … | 4)Bengaluru | 4/15 | ▷ | 1. Manu; 2. Yadav; 3. Singh |
| 76.17 | 249-11 | … | 4)Ranchi | 5/18 | ▷ | 1. Yadav; 2. Manu; 3. S. Yadav |
| 82.87 | 271-10 | … | 2)Bhubaneshwar | 6/19 | ▷ | 1. Yadav |
| (79.96q) | |||||
| 84.38 | 276-10 | … | 1)Sri L Ch | 7/28 | ||
| 84.77 | 278-1 | … | 5)World Ch | 8/27 | ▷ | 1. Chopra; 2. Nadeem; 3. Vadlejch; 4. Weber |
| (80.55q) | |||||
| 82.53 | 270-9 | … | 1)Chandigarh | 9/10 | ||
| 87.54 | 287-2 | … | 2)Asian G | 10/04 | ▷ | 1. Chopra |
| 78.47 | 257-5 | … | 3)Bambolim | 11/03 | ▷ | 1. Singh; 2.Man |
| 7. D. PRAKASHA MANU (India) (1/24/00, 5-11¼/176) (1.81/80) | |||||
| 80.61 | 264-5 | … | 2)Trivandrum | 3/20 | ▷ | 1. Jena |
| 84.33 | 276-8 | … | 1)Bengaluru | 4/15 | ||
| 82.95 | 272-1 | … | 2)Ranchi | 5/18 | ▷ | 1. Yadav |
| 76.85 | 252-1 | … | 4)Bhubaneshwar | 6/19 | ▷ | 1. Yadav; 2. Jena; 3. Singh |
| 81.01 | 265-9 | … | 2)Asian Ch | 7/16 | ▷ | 1. Dean |
| 84.14 | 276-0 | … | 6)World Ch | 8/27 | ▷ | 1. Chopra; 2. Nadeem; 3. Vadlejch; 4. Weber; 5. K. Kumar Jena |
| (81.31q) | |||||
| 82.33 | 270-1 | … | 1)Hyderabad | 9/25 | ||
| 82.06 | 269-3 | … | 1)Ind Ch | 10/15 | ||
| (80.67q) | |||||
| 80.48 | 264-0 | … | 2)Bambolim | 11/03 | ▷ | 1. Singh |
| 8. EDIS MATUSEVIČIUS (Lithuania) (6/30/96, 6-½/174) (1.84/79) | |||||
| 71.42 | 234-4 | … | 1)Kaunas | 6/04 | ||
| 84.22 | 276-4 | … | 1)Chorzów | 6/22 | ||
| 81.80 | 268-4 | … | 1)Pärnu | 7/02 | ||
| 80.80 | 265-1 | … | 1)Joensuu | 7/05 | ||
| 80.23 | 263-2 | … | 1)Lit Ch | 7/28 | ||
| 80.37 | 263-8 | … | 1)WUG | 8/06 | ||
| (75.14q) | |||||
| 82.29 | 269-11 | … | 8)World Ch | 8/27 | ▷ | 1. Chopra; 2. Nadeem; 3. Vadlejch; 4. Weber; 5. K. Kumar Jena; 6. D. Prakasha Manu; 7. Helander |
| (82.35q) | |||||
| 81.62 | 267-9 | … | 5)Zürich DL | 8/31 | ▷ | 1. Vadlejch; 2. Chopra; 3. Weber; 4. Helander |
| 80.16 | 263-0 | … | 3)Berlin | 9/03 | ▷ | 1. Weber; 2. Mardare |
| 9. ANDERSON PETERS (Grenada) (10/21/97, 6-1½/205) (1.87/93) | |||||
| 79.93 | 262-3 | … | 1)St. Georges | 1/21 | ||
| 81.27 | 266-7 | … | 1)St. Georges | 2/11 | ||
| 80.92 | 265-6 | … | 1)Grn Ch | 3/12 | ||
| 85.88 | 281-9 | … | 3)Doha DL | 5/05 | ▷ | 1. Chopra; 2. Vadlejch |
| 85.72 | 281-3 | … | 2)Nairobi CT | 5/13 | ▷ | 1. Herman |
| 83.16 | 272-10 | … | 1)Los Angeles CT | 5/27 | ||
| 81.18 | 266-4 | … | 1)Dessau-Roßlau | 6/17 | ||
| 74.11 | 243-1 | … | 5)Ostrava CT | 6/27 | ▷ | 1. Vadlejch; 2. Herman; 3. Konecny; 4. Strobinders |
| 82.23 | 269-9 | … | 5)Lausanne DL | 6/30 | ▷ | 1. Chopra; 2. Weber; 3. Vadlejch; 4. Helander |
| 78.17 | 256-5 | … | 2)Marseille | 7/17 | ▷ | 1. Mardare |
| 79.70 | 261-6 | … | 4)Monaco DL | 7/21 | ▷ | 1. Vadlejch; 2. Weber; 3. Walcott |
| 78.49 | 257-6 | … | nq)World Ch | 8/25 | ▷ | 1. Chopra; 2. Nadeem; 3. Vadlejch; 4. Weber; 5. K. Kumar Jena; 6. D. Prakasha Manu; 7. Helander; 8. Matusevicius; 9. Wegner; 10. Abdelrahman; 11. Mardare; 12. Herman |
| 81.01 | 265-9 | … | 6)Zürich DL | 8/31 | ▷ | 1. Vadlejch; 2. Chopra; 3. Weber; 4. Helander; 5. Matusevicius |
| 74.71 | 245-1 | … | 6)Eugene DL | 9/16 | ▷ | 1. Vadlejch; 2. Chopra; 3. Helander; 4. Mardare; 5. Thompson |
| 10. KESHORN WALCOTT (Trinidad) (4/2/93, 6-2/198) (1.88/90) | |||||
| 81.27 | 266-7 | … | 6)Doha DL | 5/05 | ▷ | 1. Chopra; 2. Vadlejch; 3. Peters; 4. Weber; 5. Mardare |
| 83.56 | 274-2 | … | 2)Hengelo | 6/04 | ▷ | 1. Weber |
| 83.12 | 272-8 | … | 4)Turku CT | 6/13 | ▷ | 1. Vadlejch; 2. Helander; 3. Weber |
| 85.85 | 281-8 | … | 2)Kuortane | 6/17 | ▷ | 1. Vadlejch |
| 81.85 | 268-6 | … | 7)Lausanne DL | 6/30 | ▷ | 1. Chopra; 2. Weber; 3. Vadlejch; 4. Helander; 5. Peters; 6. Felfner |
| 83.60 | 274-3 | … | 1)CAC G | 7/08 | ||
| 81.31 | 266-9 | … | 3)Monaco DL | 7/21 | ▷ | 1. Vadlejch; 2. Weber |
| 80.41 | 263-9 | … | 1)Tri Ch | 7/29 | ||
| U.S. RANKINGS | ||||
| 1. | Curtis Thompson (Tracksmith Boston) | 6. | Tzuriel Pedigo (LSU) | |
| 1)USATF, nq)World Ch, 5)Eugene DL | 2)SEC, 1)NCAA, 16)USATF | |||
| 2. | Capers Williamson (unattached) | 7. | Ethan Dabbs (Virginia) | |
| 2)Mt SAC R, 2)USATF, nq)World Ch | 2)NCAA, 14)USATF, nq)World Ch | |||
| 3. | Marc Minichello (Georgia) | 8. | Donavon Banks (unattached) | |
| 1)Mt SAC R, 4)NCAA, 3)USATF | 4)Melbourne, 5)Mt SAC R, 3)USATF Throws | |||
| 4. | Ethan Shalaway (unattached) | 9. | Sam Hankins (Texas A&M) | |
| 4)Mt SAC R, 1)NYC GP, 5)USATF | 1)Florida R, 4)SEC, 5)NCAA | |||
| 5. | Tim Glover (Velaasa) | 10. | John Keenan (Notre Dame) | |
| 4)USATF | 2)ACC, 7)NCAA, 6)USATF | |||