Diamond League Final 2024: India’s star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra missed out on winning the title in the Diamond League final held in Brussels, Belgium. He finished second. The winner was decided by just 1 centimeter. Neeraj finished second and his dream of lifting this trophy for the second time was shattered. In the final played on the night of 14 September, Neeraj threw the javelin 87.86 meters in the third attempt. But Anderson Peters of Grenada won the title with 87.87 meters in the first attempt. Neeraj was just 1 centimeter behind him.
6 throws of Neeraj Chopra
86.82 m – 1st attempt
83.49 m – 2nd attempt
87.86 m – 3rd attempt
82.04 m – 4th attempt
83.30 m – 5th attempt
86.46 m – 6th attempt
A total of 7 javelin throwers participated in the Diamond League final. The throw of 4 did not reach 83 meters. Anderson Peters threw the javelin the farthest at 87.87 meters and achieved the first position. Neeraj was in second place, who threw the javelin at 87.86 meters, Julian Weber was in second place, whose javelin fell 85.97 meters away.
Best throw of players in the final round
87.87m – Anderson Peters – Grenada
87.86m – Neeraj Chopra – India
85.97m – Julian Weber – Germany 82.79m
– Adrian Mardare – Moldova
80.37m – J Roderick Dean – Japan
79.86m – Arthur Felfner – Ukraine
76.46m- Timothy Hermans – Belgium
Diamond League Lausanne
Just two weeks after he was pipped to the title by Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem, Neeraj was back at work at Diamond League in Lausanne on 24 August 2024. He wasn’t pleased with his efforts at the Stade de France, but since he hadn’t exacerbated the groin niggle that has followed him along for a few years now, he decided to enter the Diamond League meet.
With his sixth and final attempt, Neeraj found that one big effort as he came up with yet another Season Best throw, and finished second on the night with the mark of 89.49m, behind only Anderson Peters’ sensational 90.61m. That’s now thrice this month alone that Neeraj has managed to register a new lifetime second-best throw. It was 89.34m at Paris in qualification, then 89.45 at the Olympics final, and he pushed that up by 4cms in Lausanne. All behind only that 89.94m that stays atop his list, for now.
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