Chopra’s 89.30 m effort will take him to the fifth spot in the world season leaders’ list. His second rank was momentous as he defeated Grenada’s Anderson Peters, who was the pre-event favourite.
After the Olympic gold medallist said that before his throw in the final, Arshad Nadeem was holding his javelin, some in India questioned the Pakistani's intentions. Chopra, however, shut these comments down.
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