With his eighth place finish at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Thursday, Neeraj Chopra’s remarkable streak of top-two finishes in every competition since 2021 came to an end. Neeraj, who was the defending champion, could only manage a best of 84.03m as the two-time Olympic medallist struggled for form. READ | Neeraj…
Anderson Peters (GRN) – 89.53m Julian Weber (GER) – 87.21m Julius Yego (KEN) – 85.96m Dawid Wegner (POL) – 85.67m Arshad Nadeem (PAK) – 85.28m Neeraj Chopra (IND) – 84.95m Curtis Thompson (USA) – 84.72m Jakub Vadlejch (CZE) – 84.11m Keshorn Walcott (TTO) – 83.93m Sachin Yadav (IND) – 83.67m Cameron McEntyre (AUS) – 83.03m…
India’s ace men’s javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra and Pakistan’s reigning Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem are set for a high-profile rematch of their Paris Games javelin final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo later this month. Neeraj, the reigning world champion, is leading a 19-member Indian team in the September 13-21 showpiece while Nadeem is…
Wieland with his worst attempt of the night as he throws 71.06m. Mardare, also, with his worst throw of the night as he records 75.94m. Yego fails to breach the 80m-mark on his fourth throw as he records 79.32m. Peters’ night continues to not be his best as he throws the javelin for a distance…
Two-time Olympic medallist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra finished second in the Diamond League Final for the third time in a row as Julian Weber of Germany lifted his maiden trophy with two 90m-plus throws in a commanding show in Zurich on Thursday. Neeraj was lying third till the fifth round following his opening throw of…
Neeraj Chopra managed a best attempt of 85.01 metres in Zurich on Thursday to finish in second place in men’s javelin throw at the Diamond League Final. The two-time Olympic medallist started with an attempt of 84.35m and followed it up with 82.00m. However, Julian Weber and Keshorn Walcott remained ahead of him, having recorded…
Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra said he was relieved to finally break the 90 metre mark during the Doha Diamond League but admits that there is still some work to do with regard to his technique. The Paris Olympics silver medallist threw a 90.23 in his third attempt on the night in Qatar, but finished…
Already through to the high-profile Diamond League Final, star Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra will skip the last leg of the prestigious series in Brussels, Belgium on Friday. Out of the 14 DL meetings, four have men’s javelin throw on their roster. Chopra competed in only two, but qualified for the DL Final to be…
The anticipated clash of Paris Olympics gold and silver medallists, Arshad Nadeem and Neeraj Chopra, respectively, at the Silesia Diamond League will not take place after the two were missing from the entry list for the event. The World Athletics, in July, had said the rivals were set to face off in Silesia, which would…