Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra have set a new national record after winning a silver medal with a throw of 89.30 metres at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Finland. With the new record in Javelin throw, Neeraj has broken his own previous national record of 88.07 meters which he had set in Patiala in March last year.

This was Chopra's first outing in an International competition since his historic Gold medal winning throw of 87.58 meters at the Tokyo Olympics on August 7, 2021.