Neeraj Chopra, who added a silver to his Olympic medal tally in Paris following a historic gold within the Tokyo Video games, thus ended his season on a excessive
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Star Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra gonisingly missed the Diamond League crown by only one centimeter as he completed second for the second consecutive 12 months with a throw of 87.86m within the season finale in Brussels on Saturday (September 14, 2024).
The 26-year-old Chopra, who had gained the DL trophy in 2022 earlier than ending second final 12 months, achieved his greatest throw of the day in his third try however that was 1cm in need of eventual winner Anderson Peters’ 87.87m effort.
Grenada’s Peters, a two-time world champion, produced his greatest throw of the day in his opening try. Julian Weber of Germany was third with 85.97m.
Chopra, who added a silver to his Olympic medal tally in Paris following a historic gold on the Tokyo Video games, thus ended his season on a excessive.
The Indian javelin throw celebrity, who has a private better of 89.94m and season’s better of 89.49m, had a collection of 86.82m, 83.49m, 87.86m, 82.04m, 83.30m and 86.46m.
The highest three led the seven-man area in the identical order for the entire competitors.
Peters will acquire a Diamond League trophy and USD 30,000 for rising because the DL champion this season.
Chopra will pocket USD 12,000 for his second-place end within the grand finale which marked the top of the celebrated Diamond League collection after 14 legs, in addition to the top of worldwide athletics season.
The Haryana lad remained constant all through the season, although he gained only one worldwide occasion this season — Paavo Nurmi Video games in Turku, Finland on June 18.
He had made the Diamond League closing reduce after ending fourth within the total standings with 14 factors from his two second-place finishes in DL one-day meets in Doha and Lausanne on Might 10 and August 22.
Chopra has been struggling along with his health this season and is anticipated to satisfy a health care provider to rectify a groin harm that has affected him all season and got here in the best way of his quest to hit the 90m mark.
On Friday, nationwide record-holding 3000m steeplechaser Sable had completed ninth in a 10-man area in his maiden DL closing with a mediocre time of 8 minute and 17.09 seconds to finish a largely disappointing season. He had completed eleventh within the Olympic Video games.
It was for the primary time {that a} DL finale featured two Indians.
Revealed – September 15, 2024 01:30 am IST