When he flew his spear on a wet night in Tokyo 10 months ago, Neeraj Chopra was convinced that his throw had won Olympic gold instead of a national record.

On his expected return to the international competition on Tuesday in Turku, Chopra made a similar shout as the spear passed through the clear sky of a Finnish city, considered the spiritual seat of the javelin throw. And as he passed Tokyo, he raised both hands to celebrate.

On his second throw in the international league since the historic night in Tokyo, Chopra put an effort of 89.30 meters, thus improving his own national record by more than a meter.

After almost 10 months of not being fit for almost 10 months and ready for the competition, the giant tossed him to second place on the Paavo Nurmi Games podium as home favorite Oliver Helander, who set a personal record of 89.93 m. The third was world champion Anderson Peters from Grenada with an throw of 86.60m.

Chopra, whose first throw covered a distance of 86.92 m, failed in the third, fourth and fifth attempts to control any allowed throws before ending with a throw of 85.85 m. that it is on the right path to cross the sacred limit of 90 meters.

Tuesday's 89.30 meters from Chopra was the athlete's fifth best throw of the year.

A few months after the Tokyo Olympics, the 24-year-old athlete enjoyed fun activities, filmed commercials and conversation shows before returning to where he felt most comfortable: the athletic field. He did not return to the base until November, when he traveled to the Chula Vista training center in the USA. Chopra dropped 14 kg from the beginning of the year to return in competition form and away from India to prepare for the competition. The competition in Turku was in many ways a perfect prelude to the World Cup. It was a course with stars, including four of the top five throwers of the year, including Peters, Jakub Vadlejch of the Czech Republic, Julian Weber of Germany and Keshorn Walcott of Trinidad. However, like Tokyo, Chopra keeps its own. In an interview with the league, Chopra said that his coach Klaus Bartonietz plans to start the feast season '86 -87-88m '. The goal, Chopra added, is in line with his current level of health. If they reach almost 90 m, the athlete and his coach will be happy.

After the league regime with a throw longer than 86 m, Chopra tried better than the one who won him a gold medal in Tokyo. Previously, his throws measured 87.58 m, making him the first gold medal winner on the track in India. However, since 2016, he has held the national record in men's ball throwing. His first shot at the national brand came at the 2016 South Asian Games in Guwahati, where he matched Rajinder Singh's 82.23m gold effort.

At the World Under-20 Championships later that year, he broke the record with only a throw of 86.48 m, which also made him the first Indian athlete to set a U20 world record. His best attempt for Tuesday came at the Indian Grand Prix in Patiale in March 2021, where he recorded a throw of 88.07 m.