Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, who won a silver medal in javelin at Paris Olympics 2024 in Lausanne Diamond League 2024, has qualified for the final with a season’s best throw of 89.49m. Despite fitness concerns, Neeraj Chopra finished second in the Lausanne Diamond League 2024 with a season’s best effort of 89.49 meters in his last attempt.
Andersen Peters of Grenada finished first with 90.61m in his last attempt and Julian Weber of Germany finished third with a best throw of 88.37m. Ukraine’s Artur Fellner finished fourth with a best throw of 83.38m.
Neeraj Chopra won the silver medal at the Paris Olympics 2024 with a distance of 89.45m and now in the Lausanne Diamond League he threw his best throw of the season and second best ever.
By the end of the fourth round of throws, Neeraj Chopra was in fourth place and in his fifth throw, Chopra cleared 85.58 meters to secure a place in the top three. Diamond League 2024 is scheduled to take place in Brussels next month, for which Neeraj Chopra has qualified for the final.
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Neeraj Chopra may not win gold in Paris Olympics 2024, but has created history for India by winning medals in two consecutive Olympics. Sushil Kumar and P.V. Indus is Wrestler Sushil Kumar won bronze and silver medals at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games. At the same time, in Rio Olympics 2016 P.V. Sindhu won silver medal and bronze medal in Tokyo Olympics 2020.
India’s golden boy and star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra won the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics 2020 with a throw of 87.58m, but this time he bettered his previous performance at the Olympics, with a javelin throw of 89.45m. had to settle for Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem won the gold medal at the Paris Olympics 2024 with an Olympic record throw of 92.97 meters.