Neeraj Chopra finished second in the 2024 Diamond League Finals. He threw a best throw of 87.86 meters in the third attempt. He was 0.01 meters away from becoming the champion. Andersen Peters of Granada finished first with a best throw of 87.87 meters in the first attempt.
Neeraj threw 86.82 meters in the first attempt. Germany's Julian Weber finished third with a best throw of 85.97m. 7 javelin throwers participated in the final. Out of which 4 throwers could not even throw 83 meters.
The Diamond League Finals were held on 13 and 14 September at the King Bowdoin Stadium in Brussels, Belgium. India's Avinash Sable finished 9th in the 3000m steeplechase event on Friday.
Neeraj threw his best throw in the third attempt The javelin competition started at 11:52 pm on Saturday. Neeraj Chopra threw 86.82 meters in the first attempt, which took him to second place. Andersen Peters of Granada finished first with a throw of 87.87m. Germany's Julian Weber finished third with a throw of 85.97m.
Neeraj Chopra finished second in the Diamond League finals for the second time in a row.
- Neeraj finished second with a throw of 86.82 meters in the first attempt.
- In the second attempt, Neeraj threw a distance of 83.49 meters. He finished second.
- In the third attempt, Neeraj's throw went 87.86 meters. He was 0.02 meters away from taking first place.
- In the fourth attempt, Neeraj threw a throw of 82.04 meters. He finished second.
- Neeraj threw a distance of 83.30 meters in the fifth attempt. He finished second.
- Neeraj threw 86.46 meters in the sixth attempt. He finished second.
Neeraj won silver in Paris Olympics Neeraj Chopra won a silver medal at the Paris Olympic Games that ended last month. He had a season's best throw of 89.45 meters. Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem won the gold medal with a throw of 92.97 meters. However, he was not part of the Diamond League.
Neeraj won a gold medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Then Arshad Nadeem also could not get a place in the top-5 players. Neerj won the Diamond League final in 2022, he finished second in 2023.
Neeraj Chopra is the only Indian athlete to have won one gold and one silver medal at the Olympics
Gold in the World Championship also in the name of Neeraj After winning the Diamond League final in 2022, Neeraj Chopra also qualified for the 2023 World Championship. He won a silver medal in the 2022 championships held in Eugene. In 2023, he changed the color of the medal and won gold. Neeraj has 2 gold medals in Asian Games and one gold medal in Commonwealth.
Avinash finished 9th in steeplechase Avinash Sable finished ninth in the Diamond League 2024 steeplechase 3000m final. He clocked 8:17.09 minutes to complete the race at the King Bowdoin Stadium in Brussels. Kenya's Amos Serem took first place and Morocco's Paris Olympic champion Sofiane El Bakkali took second place.
India's Avinash Sable finished 9th in the steeplechase event.
What is Diamond League? The Diamond League is an annual competition of athletes. It includes athletic events such as javelin throw, high jump, long jump, triple jump, pole vault, sprint, hurdles, steeplechase, discus throw and shot put. 4 qualifying events are held throughout the year in different countries of the world. The top ranked athletes play in the Diamond League Finals in September. The player who wins the final is considered the Diamond League champion.
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