India, June 27 -- Tokyo Olympics gold medallist Neeraj Chopra has reclaimed top spot in the World Rankings, in the most recent list released by World Athletics this week. Neeraj lost the No. 1 position to Anderson Peters on September 17 last year, after the Grenadian athlete clinched victory at the Diamond League Final in Brussels.

Currently, Neeraj has 1445 points, and Peters has 1431. Meanwhile, German ace Anderson Peters is third with 1407 points, followed by Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem, who is fourth with 1370.

Neeraj will be defending his World Championships title in Tokyo in September. He began his season with an invitational meet in Potchefstroom, where he claimed gold with a 84.52m throw. Then in the Diamond League opener in Doha, ...