Neeraj Chopra Secures Second Place at Doha Diamond League 2024

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Olympic and World Champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra claimed the second spot in the Doha Diamond League 2024, held on May 10, 2024, at the Qatar Sports Club, Doha, Qatar.

An Overview of the News

• Czech Republic's three-time Olympian Jakub Vadlejch secured the top spot with a throw of 88.38 meters.

• Neeraj Chopra narrowly missed the first spot by just 2 centimeters, with a throw of 88.36 meters.

• Former world champion Anderson Peters of Grenada claimed the third spot with a throw of 86.62 meters.

• India's Kishore Jena, who won the silver medal at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games held in China in 2023, finished ninth in his Diamond League debut.

• The next men's javelin Diamond League meeting is scheduled to be held in Paris on July 7, 2024.

About Neeraj Chopra

• 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.

• He is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic gold medalist in men's javelin throw.

The Diamond League:

• It is an annual series of elite track and field athletic competitions.

• It comprises fifteen of the best invitational athletics meetings.

• The series is in the top tier of the World Athletics one-day meeting competitions.

• The inaugural season took place in 2010.