The medal clash is scheduled for Thursday. Neeraj's clash with Pakistani arch-rival and reigning Olympic gold medalist Arshad Nadeem will be one of the major highlights of the competition.
With his 90.23 metres throw at the season-starting event, Neeraj stands in second place to Germany's Julian Weber, who delivered a monstrous throw of 91.06 m in the final set of throws to topple the Indian.
Neeraj exhibited the basics of throwing a javelin to former Indian cricketer Dinesh Karthik on JioCinema's 'Get Set Gold,' where he also showed his personable side by discussing some of his off-court interests, such as his hobbies, favourite movies, and the kind of music he listens to before
It was a year of many firsts and historic achievements by Indian athletes on the world stage - a good follow-up to an almost equally impressive 2021 which saw the country's stars shine bright at the Tokyo Olympics.