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New Delhi. Javelin throw player Neeraj Chopra, who created history in the Olympics, has again shown the power of his game. Neeraj captured (Neeraj Chopra) the gold medal in the Lausanne Diamond League. This is his fourth overall Diamond League gold medal. Recently, he also captured gold in Doha Diamond League. However, Neeraj’s start in the match was not good and his first throw was foul. After this, he made a great comeback and secured the first position by throwing 87.66 meters. On the other hand, long jumper Murali could not perform as expected and finished 5th overall.
25-year-old Neeraj Chopra failed to make the expected start in the Lausanne Diamond League. His first throw was called a foul. Then he threw 83.51 and 85.04 meters. But still he was not close to his best. In such a situation, Neeraj exerted more power, but his fourth throw was again not correct. Means foul happened. Neeraj, who won gold in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, then gave his best throw of 87.66. He could only reach 84.15 meters in the last attempt.
Silver to Germany’s Weber
Germany’s Julian Weber gave a tough fight to Neeraj Chopra, but he could not win the gold. Weber threw 87.03 meters in the last sixth throw, but he was left behind by Neeraj. Jakub Vadlejche of Czech Republic got bronze. He threw 86.13 meters. Neeraj Chopra was troubled by injury in the past and due to this he could not appear in FBK Games and Paavo Nurmi Games.
Neeraj Chopra has won gold medals from Asian Games to Commonwealth, but he has not been able to do so in the World Championship so far. Last year he got silver. The World Championship is to be held in Hungary in August this year. Neeraj would like to maintain this performance here. This is also the overall 8th gold medal of his career.
