Neeraj Chopra returned to Diamond League action for the first time in 4 years as he broke his own national record for the second time in a month. Neeraj finished second in the Stockholm Diamond League on Friday, June 30 with a huge throw of 89.94m.
Tokyo Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra almost achieved his mission of throwing the 90m javelin in his first attempt at the Diamond League on Friday.
What is the competition in men’s javelin.
Views meeting record of 90.31 @peters_oly Claiming his second win of the season…
…but this is the Indian record of 89.94 for the runner-up @neeraj_chopra1,#stockholmDL #diamond league
@matthewquine pic.twitter.com/OD5VDeKOBi— Wanda Diamond League (@Diamond_League) 30 June 2022
Neeraj Chopra finished second behind defending world champion Anderson Peters who won the competition with a best throw of 90.31m.
It was a brilliant series of 6 throws for Neeraj Chopra, who finished in the top 3 in the Diamond League meet for the first time – 89.94m, 84.37m, 87.46m, 84.77m, 86.67m and 86.84m.
Neeraj started the event with a new meet record, new national record and his personal best of 89.94m. However, world champion Peters did better than this point in his third attempt.
Germany’s Julian Weber finished third with a best throw of 89.08m, while Tokyo Olympic silver medalist Jakob Waldejsch finished fourth with a best effort of 88.59m.
Neeraj took part in 3 Diamond League meets in 2017 and 4 in 2018 and finished fourth twice. The meeting was their biggest in the Swedish capital ahead of the World Championships and Commonwealth Games in July.
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Neeraj has been in excellent form since his return to competitive action earlier this month. The Tokyo Olympic champion had taken his time to work on his fitness and preparations before his return, and the star javelin throw was at its peak ahead of the World Championships starting on July 15 in Eugene, weeks before attending the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. is on. ,
Neeraj returned to action on June 14 with a throw of 89.30m, setting a new national record at the Pavo Nurmi Games, a Continental Tour event in Turku Finland. With this, he broke his previous best of 88.07m since 2021.
3 days later, he finished on the top step of the podium after avoiding a fall in slippery conditions at the Cuortaine Games with a best throw of 86.69m.
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