Q. As per the World Athletic Ranking 2021, which Athlete hold the 1st rank?
a) Johannes Vetter
b) Neeraj Chopra
c) Damian Warner
d) Ronnie Baker
ANSWER:- a)
RELATED FACTS:-
- Gold medalist Neeraj Chopra has accomplished number 2 rank in the World Athletics ranking after his sensational show in the Tokyo Olympics.
- Neeraj Chopra has been ranked second with a score of 1315.
- The 23-year-old athlete is only behind German athlete Johannes Vetter who has a 1396 score as per the latest update issued by World Athletics.
- Neeraj Chopra created history on August 7 as he became India’s first athlete to win a gold in track and field in the Olympics. He threw the javelin to a distance of 87.58m to win the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics 2020.
- The star athlete’s historic golden throw in the Olympics has been listed as one of the 10 magical moments of athletics (track and field) in the Tokyo Olympics by the World Athletics.
By – ABHISHEK KUMAR