Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra set a brand new nationwide report in males's javelin throw on the Paavo Nurmi Video games in Finland on Tuesday. Neeraj additionally managed to safe the second place on the occasion along with his record-breaking throw.
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Collaborating in his first competitors since successful the gold at Tokyo Olympics 10 months in the past, Neeraj got here up with a throw of 89.30m, breaking his personal nationwide report of 88.07m set on the Indian Grand Prix in Patiala in 2021.
Finland's Oliver Helander's 89.93m throw, his private finest, took prime honours. Nobody may win the Ford Mustang Mach-E which competitors organisers supplied as an additional incentive for the javelin throwers. The automobile was to go to anybody who threw past the Finnish report mark of 93.09m set by Aki Parviainen in 1999.
