Neeraj Chopra in Lausanne Diamond League 2024: Neeraj Chopra secured second place in the Lausanne Diamond League on Thursday (22 August) by throwing the javelin 89.49m away. The throw of the injured Paris Olympics silver medalist Neeraj, who is suffering from hernia, was very close to 90 meters.
But once again he could not cross the 90 meter barrier, due to which disappointment was clearly visible on his face. In his last attempt, Anderson Peters of Grenada threw 90.61 meters and remained on top. Olympic gold medalist Arshad Nadeem did not play in this event.
Under the Diamond League, one leg match was held in Lausanne on Thursday (22 August). After this, the second leg match will 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 in the points table after the leg matches will get a place in the Diamond League final.
Neeraj was in action after the Paris Olympics
After Paris Olympics 2024, India’s star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra made the best throw of the season in 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.
India’s star athlete #NeerajChopra shines at the Lausanne Diamond League achieving a season-best throw of 89.49 meters. pic.twitter.com/kwh7bV6gtK
— P C Mohan (@PCMohanMP) August 23, 2024
At that time, this was Neeraj’s best throw of the season. But now he has achieved a new best throw of the season by throwing the javelin at a distance of 89.49 meters in the Lausanne Diamond League. Neeraj Chopra’s personal best throw is 89.94 meters.
Then Neeraj failed to cross the 90 meter barrier
Crossing the 90 meter barrier has always been a big challenge for Neeraj. He completed his best throw in the Lausanne Diamond League in the sixth i.e. last attempt. He threw the javelin 89.49 meters away. In this way, he missed breaking his personal best record and throwing the javelin 90 meters away. After this last throw, the sorrow of missing 90 meters was visible on his face.
Throws of Neeraj Chopra
1st attempt: 82.10m
2nd attempt: 83.21m
3rd attempt: 83.13m
4th attempt: 82.34m
Fifth attempt: 85.58m
6th attempt: 89.49m
Big throw! Neeraj Chopra record 89.49m in his last attempt to settle for 2nd place behind Anderson Peters whose best throw was 90.61m.#DiamondLeague #Javelin #LausanneDL
— Athletics Federation of India (@afiindia) August 22, 2024
It is important to make it to the top 6
During the Paris Olympics, Neeraj Chopra had said that he wanted to play in the Diamond League finals to be held in Brussels, Belgium. For this, he will have to perform well in the four leg matches of the Diamond League and make it to the top-6 in the points table.
Currently, 3 leg matches of Diamond League have been completed. So far Neeraj Chopra has scored 14 points in 2 leg matches. After Lausanne Diamond League, now the last leg match for the final is to be held in Zurich on 5th September.
Only the javelin throwers who are in the top-6 in the points table after the leg matches will get a place in the Diamond League final. So far, 3 leg matches have been held. Out of these, Neeraj has played in Doha and this Diamond League match in Lausanne. Neeraj has been second in both the leagues and scored 7-7 points.
Understand the points system of Diamond League
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 table get a place in the final. Where the decisive match for the Diamond League champion is to be held. It is worth noting 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. After Doha, Neeraj was second in the B Lausanne league, so he got 7 points each.
A repeat 🔄
India’s two-time Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra is back in action at the Lausanne Diamond League meeting. 🙌#LausanneDL | @Neeraj_chopra1 pic.twitter.com/Ab1Q1s0tmf
— Olympic Khel (@OlympicKhel) August 22, 2024
Neeraj had won silver on 8 August
India’s Neeraj Chopra won the silver medal in javelin throw at the Paris Olympics on August 8. Neeraj won the silver medal for India by throwing the javelin 89.45 meters away. Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem threw the javelin 92.97 meters away and won the gold. Anderson Peters of Grenada won the bronze medal by throwing the javelin 88.54 meters.