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Chopra finished the event in Chorzow second with his final effort of 84.14m on Friday.
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Ace Indian javelin throw athlete Neeraj Chopra finished second at the Janusz Kusocinski Memorial 2025 on Friday with his best effort of 84.14m on the day.
Chopra was edged out to the top spot by Julian Weber yet again, as the German produced a throw of 85.11m in Chorzów. Granada’s Anderson Peters finished third on the day with his throw of 83.24m.
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This was Chopra’s third event of the season and the second time he finished second-best to Weber, after the German upstaged the double Olympic medallist at the Doha Diamond League earlier in the month.
Chopra, who breached the coveted 90m mark for the first time in his career at the Qatari capital city with a throw of 90.23m, was usurped to the title at the prestigious Diamond League event by Weber, who also brought up his maiden 90m plus throw with an incredible 91.06m effort.
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Chopra began his season with a top-placed finish at the Potch Invitational Meet in Potchefstroom in South Africa with his 84.52m throw in April, before Weber’s double over the Indian at Doha and Poland.
Home hopes Cyprian Mrzyglod and Marcin Krukowski finished fourth and fifth respectively with their best efforts of 80.49m and 79.47m. Moldovan Andrian Mardare finished sixth with his throw of 72.81m.
Poland’s Roch Krukowski came in seventh with his personal best of 71.87m, while Ukrainian Artur Felfner finished at the bottom of the standings with his throw of 71.52m
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Chopra was scheduled to headline the NC Classic in Bengaluru on the 24th of May before the event was pushed in the wake of the rising tension between India and its neighbour Pakistan following an armed conflict between the rival nations.
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