Another second-place finish for Neeraj Chopra as he fell 0.01 short of the Diamond League 2024 final title in Brussels on Saturday, September 14. The Indian star athlete produces a brilliant throw of 87.86m in the men's javelin event to finish second behind Anderson Peters' winning throw of 87.87m.
After finishing second in the Paris Olympics 2024 and most recently in the Lausanne Diamond League, Neeraj entered the final event of the season with a lot of hopes to claim his second title. But Paris Olympics 2024 bronze medalist Anderson Peters dominated the event after reaching 87.87m in his first attempt.
The 26-year-old Neeraj started with a decent throw of 86.82m and then kept himself alive in the race for the title by producing his best throw of 87.86 in the third round. But the 2020 Tokyo gold medalist struggled to reach Anderson's winning mark in his last three attempts.
German star Julian Weber finished third with his best throw of 85.97 which also came in the first round. Andrian Mardare struggled throughout the evening with three fouls and finished fourth with his best attempt of 82.79.
Diamond League 2024 Results (Men's javelin throw)
- Anderson Peters (Grenada) - 87.87m (1st attempt)
- Neeraj Chopra (India) - 87.86m (3rd attempt)
- Julian Weber (Germany) - 85.97m (1st attempt)
- Andrian Mardare (Moldova) - 82.79m (1st attempt)
- Genki Dean Roderick (Japan) - 80.37m (4th attempt)
- Artur Felfner (Ukraine) - 79.86m (5th attempt)
- Timothy Herman (Germany) - 76.46m (6th attempt)
Meanwhile, narrow heartbreaks haunted Neeraj and his millions of fans in the 2024 season. He started the second with a second-finish in the Doha Diamond League and then failed to defend his gold at the Paris Olympics 2024 despite producing his then season-best throw of 89.45m last month. Neeraj also finished second in his last outings at the Lausanne Diamond League with a sensational throw of 89.49m.
