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Parul Chaudhary returned with a national record 🇮🇳 timing of 9:13:39 in the 3000m Women's steeplechase event!

Well done, Parul! pic.twitter.com/RGzmoJdiLl

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Julian Weber breaks Neeraj Chopra's World Lead record with a 91.06m throw!

Neeraj is in second place now!#DohaDiamondLeague pic.twitter.com/hoLvOTgWbr

— Sportz Point (@sportz_point) May 16, 2025

Foul throw from Neeraj in his fifth attempt. 

Neeraj miscues the throw, and it is only 80.56m from the double Olympic medalist!

Kishore Jena hugging Neeraj Chopra after his World Lead and National record throw of 90.23m!

Congrats, Neeraj! #DohaDL pic.twitter.com/06qpIpzkYp

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For the first time in his career, Neeraj Chopra crossed the 90m mark. 90.23m throw from Neeraj Chopra!

A season best 78.60m throw from Kishore Jena!#DohaDL pic.twitter.com/8XFEEeWz7o

— Sportz Point (@sportz_point) May 16, 2025

1st attempt for Neeraj Chopra

88.44 m#DohaDL pic.twitter.com/rH0zTfMC6C

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Gulveer at No.4 at km mark#DohaDL pic.twitter.com/u35WuZvAcH

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Gulveer Singh is participating for India. 

IT’S A #DIAMONDLEAGUE DAY 💎

Join us on social media from 17:48 (GMT+3) for coverage of the men’s discus throw, with the TV window starting at 19:00 📺

For more information on where to watch, wherever you are in the world, head to https://t.co/kzuyYzvjqI#DohaDL 🇶🇦… pic.twitter.com/pidSdj7nn8

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Neeraj Chopra and Kishore Jena's men's javelin throw will start from 10.13 pm IST. Two minutes later, Gulveer Singh's Men's 5000m will start. 

Parul Chaudhary's Women's 3000m steeplechase will start from 11.13 pm

The largest Indian contingent in terms of numbers at any single Diamond League meet to date will be participating in the Doha Diamond League 2025 tonight. 

Unfortunately, there are no television streaming confirmed for Doha Diamond League 2025 yet.

However, you can follow our LIVE blog for all the updates. 

Indian fans can watch Neeraj Chopra and the other three Indian athletes in action in the Doha Diamond League 2025 LIVE tonight on the Wanda Diamond League YouTube channel and Facebook page.

The Doha Diamond League 2025 will take place at Qatar’s Suheim bin Hamad Stadium on 16th to 17th May, 2025, Indian Standard Time. 

Zhihui does it again She lifts a combined 206kg to secure the gold medal. It is 117kg in clean & jerk. 

Mirabai Chanu fails to lift the 114kg and finishes fourth with 199kg. 

She doesn't make a mistake this time. What a moment for Mirabai!

Mirabai Chanu fails to lift the 111kg in her first attempt.

Mihaela Cambei of Romania is at the top with a lift of 93kg in her final attempt. Meanwhile, Mirabai Chanu is at the third spot after the end of the snatch round with her best lift being 88kg.

Chanu gets the 88 this time. She stays at the top. The lift was under review but she got the green light.

Chanu is unsuccessful at lifting 88kg.

85 to start. It’s a clean lift from Mirabai and she moves into the joint lead in snatch with Piron Candelario.

Mirabai Chanu will be in action in Women's 49kg weightlifting. 

Aditi Ashok is now Tied 1st after 14 holes. This is some high level of golf from Aditi.

Diksha Dagar Tied 7th. 

This is only Round 1. We will have three more rounds during the course of the next three days.

Turkey’s Zeynep Yetgil beat Indian wrestler Antim Panghal 10-0 in the women’s 53kg freestyle round of 16 bout.

The Turkish wrestler, however, crashed out in the quarter-final against Annika Wendle of Germany, who secured a victory by fall.

Antim, as a result, will not feature in the repechage round, ending her Paris 2024 campaign.

Aditi Ashok is Tied 3rd in the Women's Individual Stroke Play Round 1 golf event. A solid start from the Asian games silver medallist. Still plenty of work to be done as we are at just 12 holes.

Meanwhile, Diksha Dagar is currently Tied 9th. 

Today was a bad day for India in the Paris Olympics. 

• Vinesh Phogat got disqualified
• Antim Panghal lost Round of 16 bout
• Jyothi Yaraji stood at number 7
• India had to face defeat in the table tennis quarters
• Annu Rani, Sarvesh Kushare, Suraj Panwar-Priyanka Goswami were eliminated

There is another disappointing news from wrestling for India. 

India's Antim Panghal loses her Women's 53kg freestyle wrestling last 16 bout to Turkey's Yetgil Zeynep. 

Antim will now hope to compete for the bronze medal via repechage, if Zeynep reaches the final.

India has also seen disappointing performance in table tennis. Manika Batra and Sreeja lost.

Germany has registered victory. India's challenge in table tennis is now over.

Archana Kamath has helped India to stay alive in the competition vs Germany in the Table tennis women's team Quarter Finals. 

Upto Sreeja and Manika to pull this off for India and pave a way for the semi-finals.

Explained: What is the weigh-in rule in Wrestling? Why was Vinesh Phogat disqualified from Paris Olympics 2024?

Indian women's javelin thrower, Annu rani did not breach the qualification standard of 62.00m or finish at least among the top 12 athletes overall.

In her three attempts, Annu logged 55.81m, 53.22m and 53.55m at the Stade de France, resulting in a 15th-placed finish in Group A.

Annu will not feature in the women’s javelin throw final at Paris 2024.

https://sportzpoint.com/olympics/explained-what-is-the-weigh-in-rule-in-wrestling-why-was-vinesh-phogat-disqualified-from-paris-olympics-2024-6805103

In Match No 2, German paddler Annett Kaufmann makes a good comeback and dominates India's Manika Batra. In the next two games, she easily dominates Batra as he registers a scoreline of 11-5, 11-7, in the second and third games respectively.

Match No 2 is currently led by Germany with 2-1 scoreline. 

Jyothi Yarraji finishes 7th with the timing of 13.16 seconds.

In Round 1 Heat 4, Yarraji's time was 13.16 while her reaction time was 0.168. 

Sreeja Akula and Archana Kamath failed to clinch the first match against the German duo. In the fourth game, Yuan Wan and Shan Xiaona had a dominating outing, clinching a victory 11-6.

The first match of the quarterfinals has been won by Germany with a scoreline of 3-1. 

After making a brilliant comeback in the second game, Sreeja Akula and Archana Kamath lost the 3rd game against Germany. It was a tough fight from both the ends but Yuan Wan and Shan Xiaona had the last laugh.

The scoreline of third game was 10-12 in the favour of Germany as the Match No 1 is also lead by Germany 2-1. 

Jyothi Yarraji is in heat 4 in round 1 of the women’s 100m hurdles at Paris 2024.

The first three in each heat, along with the next best three overall, will advance to the semi-final. The remainder, who finish the races, will make the repechage round.

After trailing 0-1 in the first game, Indian paddlers Sreeja Akula and Archana Kamath hold their nerves and bounce back in style to clinch the second game.

The second games shows a different side of Team India as the paddlers were much confident. They claimed the second game with a scoreline of 11-8. The first match is currently levelled 1-1. 

In the first game of Match No 1, India face heartbreak as Sreeja Akula and Archana Kamath's hard work goes in vain.

In a thrilling round, the Indian paddlers show a great fight but Germany's Yuan Wan and Shan Xiaona brilliantly snatch the game from the Indians. The scoreline read 11-5 in favour of Germany. 

The table tennis women's team quarterfinals between India and Germany begins.

The first match 1, featuring Sreeja Akula and Archana Kamath of India is going up and down. In Game 1, the India paddlers are putting up a great fight against Germany. 

Indian star wrestler Vinesh Phogat has been disqualified from women's wrestling 50 kg due to being overweight.

Vinesh's disqualification is bad news for Indian fans. Vinesh had to play the final match for the gold medal late at night.

Suraj Panwar and Priyanka Goswami are in action in Marathon Race Walk Mixed Relay.

Athletics

• Marathon Race Walk Relay Mixed (Gold Medal Event) - Suraj Panwar/Priyanka Goswami - 11:00 AM
• Men's High Jump Qualification - Sarvesh Kushare - 1:35 PM
• Women's 100m Hurdles Round 1 - Jyothi Yarraji - 1:45 PM
• Women's Javelin Throw Qualification Group A - Annu Rani - 1:55 PM
• Men's Triple Jump Qualification - Praveen Chithravel & Abdulla Aboobacker Narangolintevida - 10:45 PM

Golf

• Women's Individual Stroke Play Round 1 - Aditi Ashok & Diksha Dagar - 12:30 PM

Table Tennis

• Women's Team Quarterfinal - India vs Germany - 1:30 PM

Wrestling

• Women's Freestyle 53kg 1/8 Final - Antim Panghal vs Zeynep Yetgil (Turkey) - 2:30 PM
• Women's Freestyle 50kg final - Vinesh Phogar vs Sarah Ann Hildebrandt - 9.45 pm 

Weightlifting

• Women's 49kg - Saikhom Mirabai Chanu - 11:00 PM