Neeraj Chopra in Lausanne Diamond League 2024 Live: Neeraj Chopra saved his best for the last and threw 89.49m in his sixth and final attempt to finish second in the Lausanne Diamond League on Friday. This is Neeraj's season best throw, surpassing the 89.45m attempt at the Paris Olympics 2024. This is also his second-best throw ever. His best throw is 89.94m, achieved at the Stockholm Diamond League in 2022. His earlier throws at the Lausanne Diamond League On Friday were 82.10m, 83.21m, 83.13m, 82.34m, 85.58m. Grenada's Anderson Peters came up with a Meet Record and his Season Best of 90.61m to finish first. Germany's Julian Weber finished third with a best throw of 87.08m.
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- 01:46 (IST)Diamond League 2024 Live Updates: Consistent NeerajThough Neeraj has once again fallen short of the hallowed 90m mark, there are several positive signs. Neeraj threw 89.34m (his season best then) in the Olympics qualification, then came up with 89.45m in the Olympics final. Now, he has improved that to 89.49m - his new season best. That is some amazing consistency.
- 01:28 (IST)Diamond League 2024 Live Updates: Neeraj finishes 2ndSO CLOSE!
Neeraj Chopra saved his best for the last! He comes up with a huge 89.49m throw in his sixth attempt to finish second. This is his season best throw. Had Peters not got that huge throw in his last attempt, Chopra could have finished on top too. - 00:55 (IST)Diamond League 2024 Live Updates: Crucial test for NeerajThe third round has ended. Neeraj manages a 83.13m throw. Neeraj Chopra (best attempt 83.21m) continues to be 4th. Grenada's Anderson Peters (88.49m), Germany's Julian Weber (87.08m) and Ukraine's Artur Felfner (83.38m) are the top three so far. Three attempts remain.
- 00:49 (IST)Neeraj Chopra Live Updates: 3rd round not good for NeerajThe third round of throws have started and Neeraj Chopra comes up with a below-par attempt of 83.13m. That will not be enough for him to go to the top three. Peters throws 87.40m while Weber throws 81.87m. Those two still holds the top two spots.
- 00:40 (IST)Neeraj Chopra Live: India star falls behindGrenada's Anderson Peters comes up with a huge 88.49m throw to extend his lead at the top. Germany's Julian Weber has also improved upon his first throw with an attempt of 87.08m. Neeraj will have to improve by leaps and bounds if he is to surpass these two.
- 00:28 (IST)Neeraj Chopra Lausanne Diamond League 2024 Live Updates: Neeraj 1st throw done!And the event gets underway! Neeraj's first throw is 82.10m. Not the best of his throws. Grenada's Anderson Peters is currently first with a throw of 86.36m. Germany's Julian Weber is second with a throw of 85.07m. Neeraj is third so far.
- 00:01 (IST)Lausanne Diamond League 2024 Live: Calm before the storm!Less than 15 minutes to go for men's javelin throw event at Lausanne Diamond League. Currently, Vadlejch tops the overall tally with 14 qualification points. Anderson is 2nd while Weber is 3rd. Neeraj is 4th with top 6 making it to the finale in Brussels.
- 23:51 (IST)Lausanne Diamond League 2024 Live: 2 more to go for Neeraj!This season's Diamond League finals will be held in Brussels on September 14. He needs to finish in the top-six of the Diamond League meetings series standings to qualify for the season finale. There is another meet just a few hours drive from Lausanne in Zurich on September 5 -- which has men's javelin throw event in its roster. Neeraj is currently at fourth spot with seven points after finishing second behind Vadlejch in the Doha Diamond League on May 10.
- 23:35 (IST)Lausanne Diamond League 2024 Live: Almost but not quite!For progress, Neeraj would want to breach that 90m mark. He has come close on a few occasions. Three of his nine competitors today have already done that. Jakub Vadlejch has a 90.88m personal best. Meanwhile, Julius Yego (92.72) and Anderson Peterson (93.07) have both breached the 92m mark. Neeraj's season best came at Paris 2024 qualification (89.45m) while his personal best is 89.94.
- 23:22 (IST)Lausanne Diamond League 2024 Live: No Arshad Nadeem!Neeraj will be up against a top-class field in Lausanne with five of the top-six finishers in Paris Olympics final competing. However, there is no Arshad Nadeem, with the Olympic champion deciding to sit this one out. Neeraj was the favourite to claim the gold in Paris, before Arshad pulled off one of the biggest heist in the history of Track and Field events. His Games record 92.97m throw was just too much for Neeraj on the night when the Indian managed to register just two of his six throws.
- 23:19 (IST)Lausanne Diamond League 2024 Live: Neeraj eyes return to top!Neeraj was the Diamond League champion in 2022. However, he finished second behind Jakub Vadlejch of Czech Republic in the winner-takes-all final in Eugene, USA, last year. After missing out on a gold at Paris 2024, Neeraj would want to reclaim his Diamond League crown this time.
- 23:10 (IST)Lausanne Diamond League 2024 Live: Injury concern for NeerajA groin injury has prevented Neeraj Chopra in giving his absolute best. He admitted that during the Olympics. He has now taken extra care so that its is not aggravated during the Diamond League. "I came to Switzerland for training ahead of the Diamond League. Luckily, I did not aggravate my injury as I took extra care of that," he said.
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