Neeraj Chopra Vs Anderson Peters Lausanne Diamond League 2024: Grenada’s Anderson Peters secured the first position in the Lausanne Diamond League 2024. While Neeraj Chopra remained in second place. In his last attempt, Grenada’s Anderson Peters threw 90.61 meters. While Neeraj Chopra threw 89.49m.
It is worth noting here that the country of Grenada, to which Anderson Peters belongs, has an area less than many cities of India. The area of Grenada is 344 square kilometers. In comparison, the area of Delhi is 1,483 square kilometers. On the other hand, the area of Neeraj Chopra’s hometown Panipat is 1,268 square kilometers.
He is the reason Neeraj chopra Finishes 2nd.
Anderson Peters has thrown a massive massive 90.61m !! 🔥🔥#NeerajChopra #DiamondLeague #Javlin pic.twitter.com/U8r6ONOESw— NripVirat🩵 (@Nippu_25) August 22, 2024
Talking about Anderson Peters, he won the bronze medal in Paris Olympics 2024. Anderson Peters of Grenada won the title by throwing the javelin 88.54 meters.
India’s Neeraj Chopra won the silver medal in the Paris Olympics on 8 August. Neeraj then won the silver medal for India by throwing the javelin 89.45 meters away. Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem won the gold medal by throwing the javelin 92.97 meters away.
Grenada has won a total of 5 medals in the Olympics
Grenada first participated in the Olympic Games in 1984 and has been participating in the Olympics every year since then. Grenada won its first medal in 2012, a gold medal in athletics. Grenada has won a total of 5 medals in the Olympics so far. Grenada sent a total of 6 athletes to the Paris Olympics, out of which two players won bronze medals. One of these medals was won by Anderson Peters and the other by Victor Lindon in decathlon.
It is important to make it to the top 6
3 leg matches of Diamond League have been completed. So far Neeraj Chopra has scored 14 points in 2 leg matches. Whereas Anderson Peters has scored 21 points in 3 legs. 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 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 the Diamond League matches held in Doha and this one in Lausanne. Neeraj has been second in both the leagues and got 7-7 points. Whereas Anderson got 6 points in Doha, 7 in Paris and 8 in Lausanne.
This is 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.