{"id":22860,"date":"2024-08-06T14:34:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T09:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=464255"},"modified":"2024-08-06T14:34:01","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T09:04:01","slug":"who-are-the-biggest-threats-to-neeraj-chopra-at-the-paris-olympics-know-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/olympics\/who-are-the-biggest-threats-to-neeraj-chopra-at-the-paris-olympics-know-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Who are the biggest threats to Neeraj Chopra at the Paris Olympics? Know More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>India\u2019s gold medalist Neeraj Chopra is set to start his Paris Olympics campaign in the javelin throw event on Tuesday. He will compete alongside his fellow countryman Kishore Jena. Despite a remarkable season, Neeraj has yet to surpass the 90m mark, with his best throw being 88.36m. He faces stiff competition for the top spot in Paris.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top Competitors for Neeraj Chopra<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Julian Weber, Germany<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Weber is a formidable contender, currently ranked world number 3.<\/li>\n<li>He finished fourth at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.<\/li>\n<li>With a personal best of 89.54m and a seasonal best of 88.37m, he is in excellent form.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jakub Vadlejch, Czechia<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Vadlejch was Neeraj\u2019s closest competitor in Tokyo, securing the silver medal.<\/li>\n<li>He is ranked number one in the world heading into Paris.<\/li>\n<li>His personal best throw is 90.88m, and his seasonal best is 88.65m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Max Dehning, Germany<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Dehning is an emerging strong contender, ranked 22nd in the world.<\/li>\n<li>He achieved a personal best of 90.20m at the German Winter Throwing Championships.<\/li>\n<li>He has already crossed the 90m mark, making him a serious medal prospect.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Arshad Nadeem, Pakistan<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Nadeem has a personal best of 90.18m and a current season best of 84.21m.<\/li>\n<li>He poses a significant challenge to Neeraj with his strong performances.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Anderson Peters, Grenada<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Peters is ranked 6th in the world.<\/li>\n<li>He has a personal best throw of 93.07m and a seasonal best of 86.62m.<\/li>\n<li>Peters is a strong medal contender for the Paris Olympics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India\u2019s gold medalist Neeraj Chopra is set to start his Paris Olympics campaign in the javelin throw event on Tuesday\u2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":43046,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[2018],"class_list":["post-22860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-olympics","tag-neeraj-chopra"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}