Neeraj Chopra settles for second place with 84.14m throw, Julian Weber comes out on high at Janusz Kusocinski Memorial

Neeraj Chopra settles for second place with 84.14m throw, Julian Weber comes out on high at Janusz Kusocinski Memorial

Having breached the 90m barrier final week in Doha, Neeraj Chopra stored up the momentum and got here second on Friday, on the Janusz Kusocinski Memorial 2025 in Chorzow, Poland. This time he did not get previous 90m, Chopra registered 84.14m as his greatest throw.

Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra in motion.(REUTERS)

The beginning record additionally consisted of Roch Krukowski (Poland), Julian Weber (Germany), Anderson Peters (Grenada), Marcin Krukowski (Poland), Cyprian Mrzygłód (Poland), Artur Felfner (Ukraine), Andrian Mardare (Moldova). 

Neeraj was the one Indian athlete within the occasion. Kishore Jena participated on the Doha Diamond League however skipped the Polish occasion. In the meantime, Arshad Nadeem was additionally absent, and can function on the upcoming Asian Athletics C’ships.

Neeraj’s first throw was dominated as disqualified, and Julian Weber took the lead along with his first try, bagging 80.77m. In the meantime, Anderson Peters took second place after his first throw, registering 80.72m.

Chopra then bought 81.28 in his second try to climb to second place, after which Weber threw his javelin at 86.12 to take pole place from Anderson, who bought 81.48m in his second throw. After their second try, Weber was on high, adopted by Peters and Neeraj.

Of their third makes an attempt, Weber maintained his lead, getting 83.72m and Peters remained second with a 83.24m throw. In the meantime, Neeraj’s third try was deemed as unlawful and he remained in third on account of his second throw.

Neeraj’s fourth try was additionally disqualified, after which he bought 81.80 in his fifth. In his sixth try, Neeraj registered a throw of 84.14m to overhaul Peters and climb to second place. In the meantime, The Grenada’s athlete’s ultimate try was dominated as disqualified. In his ultimate throw, Weber bought  85.11m to keep up pole place and in addition bought gold.

In Doha, regardless of crossing the 90m mark for the primary time in his profession, Neeraj needed to settle silver as Weber registered 91.06m in his final try. It was additionally the primary time that the German crossed 90m.

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