Neeraj Chopra Claims Silver at Lausanne Diamond League with 89.49m Throw

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Paris Olympics silver medalist Neeraj Chopra secured second place at the Lausanne Diamond League on August 22, with a throw of 89.49 meters in his final, sixth attempt.

An Overview of the News

• Neeraj Chopra achieved his season-best throw of 89.49 meters at the Lausanne Diamond League in Switzerland.

• This throw is the second-best of his career, with his personal best being 89.94 meters from the Stockholm Diamond League in 2022.

Event Results

• Anderson Peters from Grenada won the event with a new meet record throw of 90.61 meters.

• Julian Weber of Germany finished third with a throw of 87.08 meters.

• Peters' throw broke the previous meet record of 90.16 meters set by Keshorn Walcott in 2015.

About Neeraj Chopra

• He Secures Silver in Men’s Javelin at Paris 2024

• He secures second place at Doha Diamond League 2024

• He won the 2023 Doha Diamond League.

• He clinched a gold medal at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.

• He also claimed a gold medal in the men's javelin throw event at the World Athletics Championships 2023 in Budapest, Hungary.

• Neeraj Chopra was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in March 2022.

Major medals won by Neeraj Chopra :

• 2022 Kuortane Games (Gold Medal)

• 2022 Paavo Nurmi Games (Silver)

• 2021 Tokyo Olympics (Gold Medal)

• 2018 Commonwealth Games (Gold Medal)

• 2017 Asian Athletics Championships (Gold Medal)

• 2016 South Asian Games (Gold Medal)