Chopra seeks first main title of season, up towards Weber in Paris Diamond League

Jun 19, 2025 04:17 PM IST Chopra seeks first main title of season, up towards Weber in Paris Diamond League Paris, Having breached the 90m mark, two-time Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra would now be eyeing a prime end when he goes up towards acquainted rivals within the prestigious Paris Diamond League on Friday in a star-studded area right here. HT Image Chopra, German ace Julian Weber and two-time world champion Anderson Peters of Grenada will probably be amongst eight rivals vying for prime honours within the second DL assembly of the season that includes males’s javelin throw on the roster. Five of the listed throwers have hit the 90m mark. Weber had upstaged Chopra within the Doha DL on May 16 after the Indian celebrity lastly breached the elusive 90m mark. Weber had recorded 91.06m together with his final throw to trump Chopra who had despatched his spear to a distance of 90.23m in the identical occasion. The 31-year-old Weber had additionally crushed Chopra on the Janusz Kusocinski Memorial meet on May 23 in Poland the place each carried out beneath their finest beneath chilly and overcast situations. Weber had produced 86.12m whereas Chopra may solely come up 84.14m to complete second. Peters was there within the area too at each the Doha DL and the Poland occasion. He had completed third in each. In Paris, Chopra would look to upstage Weber after ending second in back-to-back competitions as he returns to the French capital after eight years for a Diamond League competitors. Chopra had skipped the Paris DL final 12 months with a view to concentrate on the Olympic Games the place he took the silver with a throw of 89.45m. He final competed within the Paris DL in 2017 as a junior world champion and completed fifth with a throw of 84.67m. In the eight-man area on the Charlety Stadium on Friday, 5 have crossed the 90m mark. Chopra and Weber had been the newest entrants to the unique membership. Peters has already finished it in 2022. Kenya’s 2015 world champion Julius Yego and Trinidad and Tobago’s 2012 Olympics gold-winner Keshorn Walcott are the opposite two within the 90m membership. Both achieved the feat again in 2015 and since then their performances have declined. “Few meetings can boast a field of five javelin throwers over 90m. Foremost among them is Tokyo Olympic champion and Paris silver medallist Neeraj Chopra of India, who is as powerful as he is consistent,” the Paris DL organisers said in a promotional launch for the occasion. The different three within the eight-man area are Luiz Mauricio Da Silva of Brazil, who has a season’s in addition to private better of 86.34m, Andrian Mardare of Moldova and Remi Rougetet of France. Chopra started the 2025 season with a title in an invitational meet at Potchefstroom, South Africa, which was a minor class F occasion with a throw of 84.52m. Four days after the Paris DL, Chopra will compete on the Golden Spike athletics meet in Ostrava, Czech Republic on June 24. After that, the reigning world champion will function within the inaugural version of the Neeraj Chopra Classic on July 5 in Bengaluru, a World Athletics class A occasion which he’s internet hosting. Peters, Yego and Da Silva can even be there within the NC Classic. This article was generated from an automatic information company feed with out modifications to textual content. Stay up to date with the newest sports activities information, together with newest headlines and updates from the Olympics 2024, the place Indian athletes will compete for glory in Paris. Catch all of the motion from tennis Grand Slam tournaments, comply with your favorite soccer groups and gamers with the newest match outcomes, and get the newest on worldwide hockey tournaments and sequence. Stay up to date with the newest sports activities information, together with newest headlines and updates from the Olympics 2024, the place Indian athletes will compete for glory in Paris. Catch all of the motion from tennis Grand Slam tournaments, comply with your favorite soccer groups and gamers with the newest match outcomes, and get the newest on worldwide hockey tournaments and sequence. See Less