Diamond League Final 2024: Neeraj Chopra misses first spot by 0.01m

Neeraj Chopra finished second in the Diamond League 2024 final with a throw of 87.86m throw in Brussels, Belgium. He missed the top spot by just 0.01m

Koushik BiswasSeptember 14, 2024 at 08:02 PM2 min read
Diamond League Final 2024: Neeraj Chopra misses first spot by 0.01m
Neeraj Chopra finished second in the Diamond League 2024 final with a throw of 87.86m throw in Brussels, Belgium. He missed the top spot by just 0.01m

Neeraj Chopra finished second in the Diamond League 2024 final with a throw of 87.86m throw in Brussels, Belgium. He missed the top spot by just 0.01m. Anderson Peters won the Diamond League 2024 final with a 87.87m throw.

Under a tough condition, Neeraj started the final with a 86.82m throw and the Indian fans awake hoped to see another throw close to 90m. But, in the second throw Neeraj could not get his body going and managed a 83.49m throw.

The third attempt was the best effort from the double time Olympic medalist and India's most successful track and field athlete. Neeraj's throw travelled 87.86, just 0.01m behind Anderson Peters' best throw of 87.87m.

In the fourth and fifth attempt Neeraj's attempts could not cross his best mark as he managed 82.04m and 83.30m throws respectively. In the last throw, Neeraj gave his all but could only manage 86.46m and finished runners-up in the Diamond League 2024 final.

Neeraj had won the 2022 Diamond League final and then finished second in the following seaon as well. However, with his groin injury still in place, it was quite evident that Neeraj was not at his best.

Koushik Biswas

Koushik Biswas is the founder and content head of Sportz Point. He has been a sports lover since his childhood, idolising Sachin Tendulkar, Zaheer Khan and Lionel Messi. Koushik played cricket for 7 years and has a passion for every sport. His nack for analysing games and talking about sports has helped him create hundreds of content for Sportz Point.

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