Neeraj Chopra records his second-best throw at Lausanne Diamond League 2024

Neeraj Chopra's 89.49m throw earned him second place at the 2024 Lausanne Diamond League, but he missed the elusive 90m mark again, finishing behind Anderson Peters, who secured the top spot

Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra recorded his second personal best throw of 89.49 metres when he hurled the javelin in the sixth and final attempt at the 2024 Lausanne Diamond League on Friday, August 23 (India time).

 

With seven points in Lausanne, Chopra will be in joint third spot with Weber on the Diamond League 2024 standings with 15 points. Peters jumped to the top spot with 21 points.

 

Neeraj Chopra's performance at Lausanne Diamond League

 

Neeraj had a timid start with an 82.10-metre throw in his first attempt and was trailing in fourth place until the fourth attempt with a best throw of 83.21 metre. He moved to the third spot with a throw of 85.58 metre before ultimately clinching second place with his best and final throw.

Grenada's Anderson breaches 90-metre-mark

 

Two-time world champion and Paris Olympics bronze medallist Anderson Peters of Grenada finished the event at the top spot with his second throw of 90.61m while Julian Weber of Germany took the third spot with 87.08m.

 

Peters, who had struggled to find his form last year, led the competition from beginning to end and he stamped his class with the 90m-plus throw in the sixth attempt in Lausanne. He has a personal best of 93.07m which he had produced in 2022.

 

Czech Republic's Jakub Vadlejch, who finished seventh (82.03m) on Thursday, is in second spot with 16 points.

 

Neeraj Chopra's best throws so far

 

Neeraj, who set his personal best of 89.94 metres in the 2022 Diamond League, broke his second-best record twice at the 2024 Paris Olympics. He recorded a throw of 89.34 metres during the qualification round and followed it with an 89.45-metre throw in the finals to secure a silver medal. However, his goal of surpassing the 90-metre mark remains unachieved for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics gold medallist.

 

Neeraj will next compete in the Zurich Diamond League on Thursday, September 5, 2024.

 

Full list of top 20 throws by Neeraj Chopra (overall)

Rank	Throw	Competition	Date
1	89.94m	Stockholm Diamond League 2022	June 30, 2022
2	89.49m	Lausanne Diamond League 2024	August 23, 2024
3	89.45m	Paris 2024 Olympics - F	August 8, 2024
4	89.34m	Paris 2024 Olympics - Q	August 6, 2024
5	89.30m	Paavo Nurmi Games (Turku)	June 14, 2022
6	89.08m	Lausanne Diamond League 2022	August 26, 2022
7	88.88m	Asian Games 2023 (Hangzhou)	October 4, 2023
8	88.77m	World Athletics Championships 2023 (Budapest) - Q	August 25, 2023
9	88.67m	Doha Diamond League 2023	May 5, 2023
10	88.44m	Zurich Diamond League Final 2022	September 8, 2022
11	88.39m	World Athletics Championships 2022 (Oregon) - Q	July 21, 2022
12	88.36m	Doha Diamond League 2024	May 10, 2024
13	88.17m	World Athletics Championships 2023 (Budapest) - F	August 27, 2023
14	88.13m	World Athletics Championships 2022 (Oregon) - F	July 23, 2022
15	88.07m	Indian Grand Prix 3 (Patiala)	March 5, 2021
16	88.06m	Asian Games 2018 (Jakarta)	August 27, 2018
17	88.00m	Zurich Diamond League Final 2022	September 8, 2022
18	87.86m	ACNW League Meeting 1 (Potchefstroom)	January 28, 2020
19	87.80m	Federation Cup (Patiala)	March 17, 2021
20	87.73m	World Athletics Championships 2023 (Budapest) - F	August 27, 2023