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Neeraj Chopra wins Doha Diamond League with world-leading 88.67m throw in first attempt

Doha Diamond League: Star athlete Neeraj Chopra made a brilliant start to the season by winning the Doha Diamond League title. On Friday evening, he won the title by throwing a javelin of 88.67 meters in his first attempt. Neeraj took a huge lead in the first round itself by throwing a distance of 88.67 […]

Neeraj Chopra

Doha Diamond League: Star athlete Neeraj Chopra made a brilliant start to the season by winning the Doha Diamond League title. On Friday evening, he won the title by throwing a javelin of 88.67 meters in his first attempt. Neeraj took a huge lead in the first round itself by throwing a distance of 88.67 metres.

He was at the forefront with this throw. World champion Andersen Peters was second with a throw of 85.88m while Jakub Vadlejch of Czech Republic was third with a throw of 85.51m. Jakub Wadljech comes close in second round In the second round, Jakob Wadlejch came close to Niraj with a throw of 88.63m.

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However, no one could come close to the star after that and eventually Neeraj Chopra won the Doha Diamond League title with a throw of 88.67m. Earlier, Neeraj made a throw of 86.52 meters in the final round.

At the same time, Jacob Wadlejch could throw the javelin only up to 84.76 meters. Anderson Peters threw a javelin of 81.93m in the last round. The star javelin thrower shot a target of 84.37m in the fifth round. Earlier the fourth round ended on foul. He threw 85.47 meters in the third round and 86.04 meters in the second.

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Chopra will be very busy this year with the Asian Games, World Championships and qualification for the Paris Olympics. His goal was to start the long season with a strong performance in the Doha Diamond League.

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On Friday, he won the hearts of the fans with a brilliant match against the reigning world champion Andersen Peters of Grenada, Tokyo Olympic silver medalist Jakub Wadljech of the Czech Republic. champion of Diamond League Chopra won the Diamond League title in 2022, performing brilliantly.

In such a situation, he is participating in it for the first time as a champion. This is the 14th edition of the Diamond League in Doha. The event being held in Doha is the first leg of the Diamond League series. It will conclude with the Diamond League Finals in Eugene on September 16 and 17.

It will have sports for both men and women.

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Final standing results:

1. Neeraj Chopra – 88.67m 2. Jakub Wadlejch – 88.63m 3. Anderson Peters – 85.88m 4. Julian Weber – 82.62m 5. Andrian Mardare – 81.67m 6. Keeshorn Walcott – 81.27m 7. Roderick Janki Dean – 79.44m 8. Curtis Thompson – 74.13m

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Divya Richa

Updated By

Manish Shukla


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