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Neeraj Chopra at Lausanne Diamond League Highlights: Grenada’s Anderson Peters wins the Lausanne event with a best throw of 90.61m — a meet record — while Chopra takes the second spot with a best effort of 89.49m, a season-best throw. read more
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Neeraj Chopra had won silver in the Paris Olympics with a best effort of 89.45m. AP
August 23, 2024, 01:49:33 (IST)
Wrapping things up
That was some effort from Chopra in Lausanne, surpassing his season best registered at the Paris Olympics with a throw of 89.49m — once again coming within touching distance of the magical 90-metre mark!
The effort also virtually ensures Chopra will be in the entry list for the Diamond League Final in Brussels in September, where he will be hoping to win gold for the second time after collecting silver in Zurich last year.
On that note, we bring our coverage of the event to an end. Good night!
August 23, 2024, 01:30:39 (IST)
SEASON BEST THROW FOR NEERAJ CHOPRA!
Neeraj Chopra comes so close to breaching the elusive 90-metre mark!
He finishes second with a throw of 89.49m in his final attempt – four centimetres further than the throw that won him silver in the Paris Olympics earlier this month!
Grenada’s Anderson Peters wins the Lausanne event with a Meet Record of 90.61m in his sixth and final attempt! He started celebrating right after even though it was the first of three throws in the sixth round of attempts.
Germany’s Julian Weber finishes third with a best effort of 87.08m, throwing a relatively sedate 82.33m in his final attempt. His progression appears to be the complete opposite of Chopra’s, peaking early in the event.
Here are the final standings:
August 23, 2024, 01:23:39 (IST)
Chopra moves to the final round of throws!
Neeraj Chopra is set to compete alongside Grenada’s Anderson Peters and Germany’s Julian Weber in the sixth and final attempt after regaining his form with an 85.58m throw in his penultimate attempt!
Can he pip Peters to the top in his final attempt?
August 23, 2024, 01:15:51 (IST)
Peters breaches 86m for the fourth consecutive time!
This is turning out to be quite the spectacular effort from Grenada’s Anderson Peters, who breaches 86m for the fourth consecutive time with a throw of 86.59m in his fourth attempt.
Both second and third-placed Julian Weber and Artur Felfner produce a no-throw each while Neeraj Chopra remains fourth with an effort of 82.34m in his fourth.
Meanwhile, Finland’s Lassi Etelatalo and Lithuania’s Edis Matusevicius have been eliminated after finishing ninth and 10th at the halfway stage.
August 23, 2024, 00:58:56 (IST)
Peters continues to lead at halfway stage, Chopra fourth
Grenada’s Anderson Peters and Germany’s Julian Weber continue to occupy the top two spots at the halfway mark of the event with best efforts of 88.49m and 87.08m respectively. Weber, however, drops to 81.87m in his third attempt while Peters crosses the 87-metre mark once again.
Chopra remains fourth at the halfway stage with a throw of 83.13m in his third attempt. He’s among only a handful to have thrown in excess of 90 metres in all three attempts so far.
August 23, 2024, 00:50:48 (IST)
Chopra briefly regains third spot in second attempt
Neeraj Chopra moves back to the top three with a slightly better throw of 83.21m — just two centimetres better than Roderick Dean’s season-best effort. Ukraine’s Artur Flefner, however, moves past him with a throw that measures 83.38m.
Grenada’s Anderson Peters and Germany’s Julian Weber, meanwhile, appear to be in a league of their own at the moment.
August 23, 2024, 00:34:39 (IST)
Neeraj Chopra drops to fourth after the first round of throws!
Chopra is the first to go among the participants in the men’s javelin event, and he begins with an effort of 82.10m. Paris Olympics bronze medallist Anderson Peters, meanwhile, jumps to the top with a throw of 86.36m followed by Germany’s Julian Weber, who starts off with a best throw of 85.01m.
Japan’s Roderick Genki Dean takes the third spot with a best effort of 83.19m.
August 23, 2024, 00:27:28 (IST)
Neeraj Chopra with the first throw!
The men’s javelin event at the Lausanne Diamond League is underway, and it’s the reigning world champion Neeraj Chopra who goes first!
He starts off with a throw measuring 82.10 metres!
August 23, 2024, 00:18:56 (IST)
Lausanne Diamond League Men’s javelin throw – Entry List
Neeraj Chopra (India)
Roderick Genki Dean (Japan)
Lassi Etelatalo (Finland)
Artur Felfner (Ukraine)
Andrian Mardare (Moldova)
Edis Matusevicius (Lithuania)
Anderson Peters (Grenada)
Jakub Vadlejch (Czech Republic)
Julian Weber (Germany)
Julius Yego (Kenya)
August 23, 2024, 00:15:07 (IST)
Quick recap of the Paris Olympics
ICYMI –– India actually felt a tinge of disappointment at Neeraj Chopra missing out on gold at the Paris Olympics. That’s how much of a superstar the Haryanvi is.
Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem dethroned Chopra from the Olympic throne with an Olympic record throw of 92.97m, with Chopra collecting silver with a season-best effort of 89.45 — nearly two metres more than his gold-winning effort in Tokyo.
Grenada’s Anderson Peters took home bronze with a best effort of 88.54m.
August 23, 2024, 00:03:59 (IST)
Men's javelin to get underway soon in Lausanne!
Not long before Neeraj Chopra runs down the track with the spear in hand at the Pontaise Stadium in Lausanne, with the event set to get underway at 12.12 am IST – less than 10 minutes from now.
August 22, 2024, 23:51:04 (IST)
Can Neeraj Chopra surpass his season-best?
Chopra had produced his season-best effort in the Paris Olympics, touching a distance of 89.45m in his only legal attempt to win silver at the Paris Olympics. It was nearly two metres more than the 87.58m that he had thrown in Tokyo 2020 to win a historic gold, but thanks to Arshad Nadeem’s monster throw, wasn’t good enough for a second consecutive top-of-the-podium finish.
Can he go past his best effort in Paris earlier this month and establish a new season-best in Lausanne? And perhaps, in the process, finally breach 90 metres?
August 22, 2024, 23:41:13 (IST)
Neeraj Chopra returns to action for the first time since the Paris Olympics!
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the men’s javelin event at the Lausanne Diamond League in Lausanne, Switzerland, in which India’s Neeraj Chopra makes his first competitive appearance since landing silver at the Paris Olympics with a season-best effort of 89.45 metres.
Preview: Neeraj Chopra returns to action for the first time since winning silver in the Paris Olympics earlier this month as he takes part in the men’s javelin event at the Lausanne Diamond League on Thursday.
Chopra is set to compete in the Swiss event despite having not fully recovered from a groin injury, for which the star athlete said he might have to undergo surgery soon.
The 26-year-old from Haryana had made history in Paris after winning silver with a best effort of 89.45m, becoming the first Indian track and field athlete and only the third after wrestler Sushil Kumar and shuttler PV Sindhu to win Olympic medals in back-to-back Olympic Games.
Chopra had made history in the Tokyo Olympics three years ago by becoming the first Indian to collect a track and field medal at the Paris Olympics by winning gold.
Had it not been for Nadeem breaking the Olympic record with his best effort of 92.97m, Chopra might have ended up becoming the first Indian to win back-to-back gold medals at the Olympics, individually that is.
Despite the physical discomfort the he is dealing with at the moment, Chopra will be hopeful of going past his season-best throw and perhaps breach the elusive 90-metre mark in the process.
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