Neeraj Chopra Diamond League 2022 Highlights: Neeraj Chopra Javelin throw at Stockholm Diamond League
The anticipation is building around star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra’s quest for a medal at the World Championships in Eugene next month. If the first Indian track and field athlete to win gold at the Olympics also becomes World Champion, it will mark the pinnacle of his career and the first time any male has held both the titles simultaneously since Norway’s Andreas Thorkildsen way back in 2009. Thorkildsen followed in the footsteps of the legendary Czech Jan Železný, a three time Olympic champion who completed the double when he won gold at the Worlds in 2001 after winning the Summer Games title a year earlier.
Chopra has ambitious plans for this year and it includes a tilt at Diamond League glory, a series of one-day events that las
On his return to Diamond League action, Neeraj Chopra broke his own national record, coming up with a best throw of 89.94m to finish second behind Anderson Peters
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Neeraj Chopra ends his Diamond League campaign with his last throw of 86.84m
1st throw -89.94
2nd throw - 84.37
3rd throw - 87.46
4th throw - 84.77
5th throw - 86.67
6th throw - 86.84
Neeraj Chopra with a fifth attempt and this time its a distance of 86.67m ! 1 more attempt left and he is currently still at the 2nd spot!
Fourth attempt for Neeraj and he records a distance of 84.77 !
World Champion Anderson Peters hits the 90m mark with a throw of 90.31m ! Moves to the top spot. Neeraj Chopra's 2nd attempt is 84.37m and 3rd stands at 87.46m
Neeraj Chopra has managed to set another Indian record in the men's javelin throw with a throw of 89.94m! So close to the magical 90m mark in the Stockholm Diamond League.
A NEW NATIONAL RECORD! Neeraj Chopra returns to Diamond League with a throw of 89.94 ! WOW!
Above all the Diamond League Champion gets boasting rights of being the most consistent athlete.Within days of the curtain coming down on the Worlds, Chopra, 24, will be back on the runway in Birmingham to defend his Commonwealth Games gold. His schedule is packed as three days after the end of the CWG, he is to be at Monaco for the Diamond League event.
The prestigious one-day meet at the Swedish capital will be Chopra's biggest event ahead of the World Championships in Eugene, USA, next month. He will also be facing the toughest field of the season so far with all the three Tokyo Olympics medallists in fray. Germany's Johannes Vetter, who has the maximum number of 90-plus throws among the active throwers, continues to be in the sidelines. He is not fully fit and also did not take part in the German nationals.
The 24-year-old Chopra was second in the Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku with a big national record throw of 89.30m before winning his event at Kuortane Games with a creditable 86.60m effort under treacherous conditions.
The athlete with the most points at the end of the Diamond League cycle held at 12 different venues - men's javelin features in four - and the final at Zurich gets a diamond trophy and $40,000.
The anticipation is building around star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra’s quest for a medal at the World Championships in Eugene next month. If the first Indian track and field athlete to win gold at the Olympics also becomes World Champion, it will mark the pinnacle of his career and the first time any male has held both the titles. Stay tuned for live action