Neeraj Chopra: Neeraj Chopra, known as the pride of India, performed brilliantly in the Lausanne Diamond League 2024. He threw a javelin of 89.49 meters in the last attempt and finished second. With this, he has qualified for the final.
Neeraj Chopra: India’s star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has once again done wonders. On the night of 23 August, Neeraj threw the best throw of the season at the Lausanne Diamond League 2024 in Switzerland. He threw the javelin 89.49 meters away in his last attempt. However, he could not throw above 90 meters. On the basis of this throw, Neeraj has qualified for the final. With this throw, Neeraj surpassed his 89.45 meter throw thrown in the recent Paris Olympics.
Neeraj, who came to show his prowess in Lausanne Diamond League 2024, could not even reach 85 meters in the first four throws, his first throw was 82.10 meters, second 83.21 meters, third 83.31 meters, fourth 82.34 meters, then in the 5th throw Neeraj threw the javelin 85.58 meters and in the last throw he did wonders and reached 89.49 meters. This is also his best throw this season.
Qualified for the finals
Neeraj has qualified for the final by being in the top six in the Diamond League Meeting Series table. Anderson Peters of Grenada was at the first position, whose last throw was 90.61 meters. This is the same Anderson who had finished third with a throw of 88.54 meters in the recent Paris Olympics and got the bronze medal. Julian Weber of Germany was at the third position, who had the best throw of 87.08 meters.
Another day, another great performance by Neeraj as he clinched second place with his season’s best throw of 89.49 meters in his final attempt.
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Where will the final be held?
Let us tell you that under the Diamond League, one leg match has been held in Lausanne on Thursday (22 August). Now the second leg match will be held in Zurich on 5 September. To make it to the final, Neeraj had to play at least one of these two matches. After both the leg matches, only the javelin throwers who are in the top-6 in the points table will get a place in the Diamond League final. In this way, Neeraj will be seen throwing the javelin in the Diamond League final to be held in Brussels, Belgium.