Neeraj Chopra secures first main win of 2025 with 88.16m throw at Paris Diamond League
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Neeraj Chopra kicked off his 2025 season with a win on the Paris Diamond League, throwing 88.16m to beat his rival Julian Weber, who registered 87.88m as his finest throw. Brazil’s Luiz da Silva completed third with a private finest throw of 86.62m.
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India’s javelin star Neeraj Chopra received his first win of the 2025 season on the
Paris Diamond League
, which was held at Charlety Stadium on 21 June. The 2-time Olympic champion took the highest spot within the males’s javelin occasion with a throw of 88.16m, which got here in his very first try.
Chopra set the tone early with that huge throw and stayed on prime all through the occasion. Germany’s Julian Weber got here shut with a finest throw of 87.88m, however couldn’t go previous the Indian’s mark in any of his six makes an attempt. Brazil’s Luiz da Silva shocked many by ending third with a private better of 86.62m.
The win in Paris marked Chopra’s first main victory of the 12 months. Earlier, he had completed second within the Doha Diamond League in Might. Weber snatched the victory from Chopra after an enormous closing spherical throw. Each Chopra and Weber crossed the 90m-mark for the primary time of their careers in Doha.
Chopra will subsequent be seen in motion at Golden Spike in Ostrava, Czechia on 24 June after which on the inaugural Neeraj Chopra Basic in Bengaluru on 5 July.
