Neeraj Chopra in Diamond League 2024 final Highlights: Chopra finishes 2nd once again with best throw of 87.86m

Maiden Diamond League title for Anderson Peters!

It’s been a season of second-placed finishes for Neeraj Chopra. In the Doha and Lausanne Diamond League meets, as well as in the Paris Olympics and now in the Diamond League final.

Grenada’s Anderson Peters accounted for two of those heartbreaks, beating him in Lausanne as well as in the DL final in Brussels.

On two of those occasions — Paris and Lausanne — Chopra was beaten by throws in excess of 90 metres, the feat of which continues to elude him.

The 26-year-old will be hoping for a better run next year, in which he will be hoping for a second consecutive gold medal at the World Championships that will take place in Tokyo.

Neeraj Chopra finishes second in yet another event after his final throw measures 86.46 metres! It is an impressive throw, but unfortunately not enough to take him to the top.

Grenada’s Anderson Peters is crowned champion even before his final attempt, thanks to his first attempt measuring 87.87 metres! His final attempt is a centimetre short, measuring exactly the same as Chopra’s best effort tonight.

As for Julian Weber, he appears to have peaked in his first throw, which measured 85.97m and ensured he finished at the third spot.

Here are the final standings at the end of the men’s javelin throw final:

Peters fails to breach the 85-metre mark for the first time in the final! That, however, does not dislodge him from the top spot as Chopra’s fifth throw measures 83.30. The Indian has just one more attempt to seize the top spot and win the Diamond League for the second time in three years!

Talk about going from bad to worse — Weber fouls in his fifth attempt after a gradual decline in the distance covered in each of his four previous attempts.

Also getting an ‘X’ against his name in the fifth round of attempts is local favourite Timothy Herman.

Not the best of throws from Chopra in his fourth attempt, which measures 82.04m. The 26-year-old from Haryana remains in the second spot for now.

Peters produces another throw in excess of 85 metres, his fourth attempt measuring 85.85m. Meanwhile, it has been a gradual decline for Weber as his latest attempt measures 81.46m, though he remains at the third spot thanks to his first throw measuring 85.97m.

Japan’s Roderick Dean crosses the 80-metre mark for the first time tonight, currently sitting at the fifth spot with an effort of 80.37m in his fourth attempt. While Mardare fouls for a second consecutive time.

Chopra’s falls narrowly short of the top spot! His third attempt measures 87.86 metres — just ONE CENTIMETRE short of the best throw so far!

Further decline for Peters and Weber, whose third attempts measure 85.40m and 82.15m respectively. Peters remains in the lead by the barest of margins for now!

Moldova’s Andrian Mardare fouls in his third attempt while Ukraine’s Felfner produces his best throw yet, measuring 79.40m.

Chopra falls fairly short in his second attempt, which measures 83.49 metres. He remains in the second place for now.

Both Peters and Weber come up short compared to their first attempts as well. Peters’ second throw measures 86.96m while Weber’s is a disappointing 82.61m.

Ukraine’s Artur Felfner, meanwhile, registers the first foul of the final in his second attempt.

Impressive start for Neeraj Chopra as he begins with a throw measuring 86.82m!

The Indian is currently ranked second with Grenada’s Anderson Peters currently leading the pack with a throw of 87.87m and Germany’s Julian Weber in the third spot with an 85.97m effort.

The men’s javelin throw final was scheduled to start at 11.52 pm IST, meaning it should be underway any moment now.

Meanwhile, here are the seven competitors in the men’s javelin throw final:

The men’s javelin throw final is underway at the King Baudouin Stadium in the Belgian capital!

Belgium’s Timothy Herman is the first to throw and he starts off with an effort of 75.68m. Ukraine’s Artur Felfner is second and his throw measures slightly short at 75.09m.

Chopra is the seventh and final competitor in the event.

Despite skipping the Zurich meet on 5 September, the final event of the 2024 Diamond League before the final, Chopra managed to qualify for the summit clash with 14 points from two events that ensured he finished in he fourth place. That’s courtesy two runner-up finishes which gave him seven points each.

Here are the top six in the 2024 Diamond League men’s javelin throw standings:

No Indo-Pak showdown in the Diamond League final in Brussels tonight as Chopra’s rival Arshad Nadeem failed to qualify after finishing at the eighth spot with just five points from just one event.

Chopra and the Pakistani athlete had quite the face off in last year’s World Championships final in Budapest as well as in this year’s Paris Olympics. It was Chopra and Nadeem winning gold and silver respectively in the Worlds last year, and the other way round in the Olympic final last month.

Neeraj Chopra had featured in two events in this year’s Diamond League — Doha (10 May) and Lausanne (23 August). The double Olympic medallist finished second on both occasions.

In Doha, he fell short of Jakub Vadlejch’s throw of 88.38m by just a couple of centimetres to finish second. And last month in Lausanne, Chopra couldn’t win the event despite putting in a season-best throw of 89.49m, thanks to Anderson Peters’ 90.61m effort.

Can Chopra win the final in Brussels after finishing runner-up twice? Preferrably with a throw that’s in excess of the 90-metre mark?

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the Diamond League 2024 men’s javelin throw final in which double Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra will be aiming to win the tournament for the second time in three years.

Can Chopra make up for the relative disappointment of missing out on gold in the Paris Olympics last month? We’ll find out soon enough!