India’s ace javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra set a new national record as he threw 89.30 metres at Paavo Nurmi Games in Finland yesterday.

Chopra’s earlier national record was 88.07m which he had set in Patiala in March last year.

He had won the Tokyo Olympics gold with a throw of 87.58m on August 7, 2021. Neeraj Chopra is India’s first ever Olympic gold medallist in athletics and only the second individual gold medallist at Olympics.

Chopra won the silver medal with his throw at the event. This was Neeraj’s first competitive outing since winning the historic gold medal at the Tokyo Games. Finland’s Oliver Helander won the gold medal at the event with a throw of 89.83 metres.