Neeraj Chopra in Diamond League 2024: After the Paris Olympics 2024, India’s star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra was once again seen in action. He made the best throw of the season in the Lausanne Diamond League 2024 and finished second. Neeraj won the silver medal in the Paris Olympics on 8 August this month by throwing the javelin 89.45 meters.
At that time, this was Neeraj’s best throw of the season. But now he has made a new best throw of the season by throwing the javelin 89.49 meters in the Lausanne Diamond League. Neeraj Chopra’s personal best throw is 89.94 meters. That means he could not throw the javelin further than this in his career.
Diamond League finals competition
Under the Diamond League, one leg competition is being held in Lausanne today (22 August). After this, the second leg competition is to be held in Zurich on 5 September. Neeraj had to play at least one of these two matches to qualify for the Diamond League final.
Only the javelin throwers who are in the top-6 points table after the leg matches will get a place in the Diamond League final. So far, 2 leg matches have been held. Out of these, Neeraj played only one Diamond League match in Doha. In this, Neeraj finished second and scored 7 points.
Neeraj occupies the fourth position in the points table
Due to these points, Neeraj Chopra is currently at the joint fourth position in the points table. While Jakub Vadlejch of Czech Republic is currently at the top of this table with 14 points. He has played two leg matches. While Anderson Peters of Grenada is at the second position with 13 points.
After the Doha Diamond League, the Paris League was also held just before the Olympics. But Neeraj did not participate in this league due to injury. This is the reason why he is at number four. Whereas Jakub and Peterson have played 2-2 leagues. Let us tell you that Arshad Nadeem, who won gold by throwing the javelin a record distance of 92.97 meters in the Paris Olympics, is not playing in this Lausanne League.
How does the Diamond League points system work?
There are 4 different meets (leg matches) in the Diamond League for the men’s javelin throw event. These four are Doha, Paris, Lausanne and Zurich. After these four events, the top-6 players in terms of the points table get a place in the final. Where there is a fight for the champion in the Diamond League. Please note that no medal is given in the Diamond League.
The athlete who comes on top in each leg gets 8 points. The second player gets 7, the third athlete gets 6, the fourth player gets 5 and so on in decreasing order. Neeraj was second in the Doha competition, so he got 7 points.
