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Chopra broke the 90m mark for the very first time in his career, but it wasn’t enough to place him atop the Doha Diamond League standings as German Weber upstaged the Indian.
Julian Weber, Neeraj Chopra.
Indian javelin throw ace Neeraj Chopra breached the elusive 90m mark for the very first time in his career, but it wasn’t enough to place him atop the rankings at the Doha Diamond League as German Julian Weber upstaged the Indian with his final throw of the evening, which also turned out to be his maiden effort past the coveted mark.
Two-time Olympic medallist Neeraj registered his best throw of 90.23m on his third attempt of the day to lead the table all the way up until Weber produced a mammoth 91.06m in his final attempt to usurp the top spot in a nail-biter in the Qatari Capital on Friday.
Anderson Peters of Granada came in third with a best effort on the day of 85.64m, followed by Keshorn Walcott of Trinidad and Tobago, who registered an attempt of 84.64m.
Peters led the table at the end of the first round, a lead he held at the conclusion of the second round of attempts too. But Neeraj popped up with his best ever attempt on the third time of reckoning and looked to take the top spot at the end of the day along with his record throw, but Weber turned the event on its head as he finished off with a flurry.
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The German scaled the 90m mark for the maiden time in his career too as he went past Chopra’s best to rain on the Indian’s parade.
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