Neeraj Chopra Highlights Diamond League Final 2024: Indian star misses title by 1 cm, finishes second with 87.86 throw
- Neeraj Chopra Highlights Diamond League Final 2024: The Indian javelin thrower finished second with an 87.86-metre throw.
Neeraj Chopra Highlights Diamond League Final 2024: Neeraj agonisingly missed the Diamond League crown by just one centimetre.
Neeraj Chopra Highlights Diamond League Final 2024: Neeraj Chopra missed the Diamond Trophy by just 1 cm as he finished second behind Anderson Peters. His best attempt was an 87.86-metre throw, which was 00.01 metres behind Peters, who sealed the title with an 87.87 throw in his first attempt. ...Read More
Chopra faced tough competition from Paris 2024 bronze medallist and points leader Anderson Peters (Grenada), as well as Germany's Julian Weber, among others. Chopra added a silver to his Olympic medal tally in Paris following a historic gold in the Tokyo Games.
Earlier, Chopra made the DL final cut after finishing fourth in the overall standings with 14 points from his two second-place finishes in the one-day meets held in Doha and Lausanne.
Each Diamond League season finale champion is awarded a 'Diamond Trophy', USD 30,000 prize money and a wild card for the World Athletics Championships. The runner-up gets USD 12,000.
Chopra skipped the last series meet in Zurich last week.
The 26-year-old finished two points behind Czechia's Jakub Vadlech. Grenada's Anderson Peters and German star Julian Weber took the top two spots with 29 and 21 points respectively.
Chopra has been struggling with his fitness this season and is expected to meet a doctor to rectify a groin injury that has affected him all season and came in the way of his quest to hit the 90m mark.
"First goal, go to the doctor and make my groin 100 per cent fit and also I will be technically better and try to throw far again," he had said last month about his plans for this year and the coming one.
Chopra had won the Lausanne leg in 2022 and 2023 and finished second behind Vadlejch in the winner-takes-all finale in Eugene, USA, last year.
The DL finale will mark the end of Chopra's season.
Nursing a long-standing groin injury, Chopra claimed a silver in the Paris Olympics on August 8 adding to his historic gold in the Tokyo edition of the Games three years ago.
Neeraj registered his season-best throw in the Lausanne Diamond League in Switzerland, where he managed a distance of 89.49 metres.
Speaking after his event, he said as quoted by Olympics.com, "The feeling was not great at first, but I am happy with my throw, especially the second-best throw on my last attempt," Neeraj said.
"It was a tough start, but the comeback was really nice and I enjoyed the fighting spirit I showed."
Follow all the updates here:
- Sept 15, 2024 12:53 am IST
Neeraj Chopra Live Diamond League Final 2024: Neeraj Chopra finishes second
Neeraj Chopra Live Diamond League Final 2024: Neeraj Chopra finishes second as he throws 86.46-metre in his final attempt and fails to cross the target set by Anderson Peters 87.87-metre - 1 cm difference. Anderson's final attempt was also an impressive one with 87.86-metre throw. Another second finish for Neeraj this season but he would look at this as a lesson in his journey to bounce back stronger.
- Sept 15, 2024 12:43 am IST
Neeraj Chopra Live Diamond League Final 2024: Neeraj Chopra throws 83.30-metre in fifth attempt
Neeraj Chopra Live Diamond League Final 2024: Time is running out for Neeraj Chopra here as he throws 83.30-metre in his fifth attempt and remains at the second spot behind Anderson Peters who throws 84.11-metre.
- Sept 15, 2024 12:34 am IST
Neeraj Chopra Live Diamond League Final 2024: Neeraj Chopra throws 82.04-metre in fourth attempt
Neeraj Chopra Live Diamond League Final 2024: Not the best of efforts from Neeraj Chopra in the fourth attempt and he throws 82.04-metre which is below part according to his standards. While Anderson Peters throws it 85.85-metre.
- Sept 15, 2024 12:25 am IST
Neeraj Chopra Live Diamond League Final 2024: Neeraj Chopra throws 87.86-metre
Neeraj Chopra Live Diamond League Final 2024: Neeraj Chopra with a brilliant throw here, but he just failed to edge past Anderson Peters by a whisker and threw 87.86-metre just 10-metre behind the table topper.
- Sept 15, 2024 12:22 am IST
Neeraj Chopra Live Diamond League Final 2024: Anderson still at top
Neeraj Chopra Live Diamond League Final 2024: It's only going down for Julian Webber and Anderson Peters as they throw 82.15 and 85.40-metre in their third attempt, respectively.
- Sept 15, 2024 12:14 am IST
Neeraj Chopra Live Diamond League Final 2024: Neeraj remains 2nd after second attempt
Neeraj Chopra Live Diamond League Final 2024: Neeraj Chopra fails to get past Anderson Peters in second attempt and throws 83.49-metre.
- Sept 15, 2024 12:13 am IST
Neeraj Chopra Live Diamond League Final 2024: Anderson with 86.96-metre in second attempt
Neeraj Chopra Live Diamond League Final 2024: Julian Webber with his second attempt throw 82.61-metre. Anderson Peters throws 86.96-metre in second attempt here.
- Sept 15, 2024 12:05 am IST
Neeraj Chopra Live Diamond League Final 2024: Neeraj hits 86.82-metre
Neeraj Chopra Live Diamond League Final 2024: Neeraj Chopra's throw hit the 86.82-metre mark, and he is second on the tally after the first round of throws here in the men's javelin event.
- Sept 15, 2024 12:02 am IST
Neeraj Chopra Live Diamond League Final 2024: 87.87-metre for Anderson
Neeraj Chopra Live Diamond League Final 2024: Julian Weber with an impressive throw of 85.97-metre. Anderson Peters got the better of him with 87.87-metre first throw.
- Sept 14, 2024 11:59 pm IST
Neeraj Chopra Live Diamond League Final 2024: A shaky start to the event
Neeraj Chopra Live Diamond League Final 2024: Felfner Arthur also failed to breach the 80-metre mark here. The Ukrainian javelin thrower hit the 75.09 mark. While Moldova's Mardare Andrian breached the mark with a throw of 82.79m.
- Sept 14, 2024 11:56 pm IST
Neeraj Chopra Live Diamond League Final 2024: Belgium's Timothy with the first throw
Neeraj Chopra Live Diamond League Final 2024: Belgium's Timothy Herman with the first throw and it's a pretty average effort with 75.68-metre.
- Sept 14, 2024 11:54 pm IST
Neeraj Chopra Live Diamond League Final 2024
Neeraj Chopra Live Diamond League Final 2024: The men's javelin throw event is about to start in few minutes.
- Sept 14, 2024 11:36 pm IST
Neeraj Chopra Live Diamond League Final 2024: Entry List
Neeraj Chopra Live Diamond League Final 2024: Entry List
Anderson Peters - Grenada
Julian Weber - Germany
Jakub Vadlejch - Czechia
Neeraj Chopra - India
Andrian Mardare - Moldova
Roderick Genki Dean - Japan
Artur Felfner - Ukraine
- Sept 14, 2024 11:33 pm IST
Neeraj Chopra Live Diamond League Final 2024: Struggling with fitness
Neeraj Chopra Live Diamond League Final 2024: Chopra has been struggling with his fitness this season and is expected to meet a doctor to rectify a groin injury that has affected him all season and came in the way of his quest to hit the 90m mark.
- Sept 14, 2024 11:13 pm IST
Neeraj Chopra Live Diamond League Final 2024: Favourites apart from Neeraj
Neeraj Chopra Live Diamond League Final 2024: Anderson Peters of Grenada set a new meet record with a monster throw of 90.61m to take the first place while Julian Weber of Germany settled for third with 87.08m
- Sept 14, 2024 11:00 pm IST
Neeraj Chopra Live Diamond League Final 2024: Neeraj's season-best throw
Neeraj Chopra Live Diamond League Final 2024: Neeraj Chopra registered his season-best throw in the Lausanne Diamond League in Switzerland where he managed a distance of 89.49 metres.
- Sept 14, 2024 10:46 pm IST
Neeraj Chopra Live Diamond League Final 2024: 90-metre on Neeraj's mind
Neeraj Chopra Live Diamond League Final 2024: The ace Indian javelin thrower has been in incredible form but has missed the 90-metre mark with a whisker on a couple of occasions in recent times. Chopra, who currently holds fourth place in the standings with 14 points from his performances in Doha and Lausanne
- Sept 14, 2024 10:39 pm IST
Neeraj Chopra Live Diamond League Final 2024: Recent form
Neeraj Chopra Live Diamond League Final 2024:Neeraj Chopra claimed a silver in the Paris Olympics on August 8 adding to his historic gold in the Tokyo edition of the Games three years ago. Neeraj registered his season-best throw in the Lausanne Diamond League in Switzerland where he managed a distance of 89.49 metres.
- Sept 14, 2024 10:14 pm IST
Neeraj Chopra Live Diamond League Final 2024: Neeraj's DL journey
Neeraj Chopra Live Diamond League Final 2024: Chopra made the DL final cut after finishing fourth in the overall standings with 14 points from his two second-place finishes in the one-day meets held in Doha and Lausanne.
- Sept 14, 2024 10:03 pm IST
Neeraj Chopra Live Diamond League Final 2024: Neeraj Chopra's top competitors
Neeraj Chopra Live Diamond League Final 2024: Neeraj Chopra will face tough competition from Paris 2024 bronze medallist and points leader Anderson Peters (Grenada), as well as Germany's Julian Weber, among others.
- Sept 14, 2024 09:51 pm IST
Neeraj Chopra Live Diamond League Final 2024: Trophy and Prize Money Details
Neeraj Chopra Live Diamond League Final 2024: Each Diamond League season finale champion is awarded a 'Diamond Trophy', USD 30,000 prize money and a wild card for the World Athletics Championships. The runner-up gets USD 12,000.
- Sept 14, 2024 09:35 pm IST
Neeraj Chopra Live Diamond League Final 2024: Hello and welcome
Neeraj Chopra Live Diamond League Final 2024: Hello and welcome to our live blog of Neeraj Chopra's javelin throw event at Diamond League Final 2024.