The meet is scheduled for Tuesday, June 24, and marks an important stop in Chopra's campaign as he continues to build momentum ahead of the upcoming season highlights.
Reflecting on growing up idolizing athletes like Usain Bolt at this very venue, Chopra admitted he won't pressure himself into repeating 90m throws this week, but he'll give it his all.
Indian javelin superstar Neeraj Chopra won his first Diamond League title in two years as he upstaged Julian Weber of Germany after back-to-back second place finishes here on Friday. The 27-year-old Chopra won the title with his first round throw of 88.16m in a star-studded field having five competitors in the 90m club. His second throw measured 85.10m and he then fouled his next three attempts before recording 82.89m in his sixth and final effort. Weber was second with his opening throw of 87.88m, while Luiz Mauricio Da Silva of Brazil was third with his third round attempt of 86.62m. Chopra had breached the 90m mark in the Doha leg of the Diamond League on May 16 with a throw of 90.23m for a second place finish. Weber had won the title in Doha with his last round throw of 91.06m. The 31-year-old Weber had also beaten Chopra at the Janusz Kusocinski Memorial meet on May 23 in Poland where both performed below their best under chilly and overcast conditions. Weber had produced 86.12
Neeraj Chopra, after finally breaking the much-awaited 90m mark in Doha, will be looking to better his numbers in Paris today
The live streaming of the 2025 Paris Diamond League will be available on Wanda Diamond League's Facebook and YouTube pages from 1:12 AM IST (June 21)
The competition will feature 12 elite javelin throwers from around the world. Chopra will lead the field on home soil but will face tough challenges from a formidable line-up
The Paris event marks Neeraj's return to this venue after eight years, his last appearance being in 2017, where he secured a fifth-place finish with a throw of 84.67m.
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Julian Weber, who had edged past Chopra at the Doha Diamond League earlier this month, once again emerged triumphant. His winning throw of 86.12m came in the second round and remained untouched
India double olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra finally crossed the 90-metre mark in a javelin throw event at the Doha Diamond League 2025 in Qatar.
The world record for the javelin throw is held by Jan Železný of the Czech Republic with a phenomenal distance of 98.48 metres, set in 1996.
Also competing in Doha are India's Gulveer Singh (5000m) and Parul Chaudhary (3000m steeplechase), marking India's largest-ever representation at a Diamond League event
Neeraj will be going up against Anderson Peters, who has outthrown him twice in the last 12 months
Ahead of the Diamond League, Neeraj Chopra clarified that he and Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem were never close friends despite sharing mutual respect as competitors
The live streaming of the 2025 Doha Diamond League will be available on Wanda Diamond League's Facebook and YouTube pages. Neeraj Chopra's event starts at 10:13 PM IST today
Chopra also addressed the social media backlash he and his family faced after reports emerged that Nadeem had been invited to participate in the NC Classic, a tournament named in Chopra's honour
The javelin ace returns to action at the Doha Diamond League this Friday - his first appearance since clinching silver at the 2024 Paris Olympics
Since his third-place finish at the Kuortane Games in 2021, Neeraj has had a near-unbreakable streak of top-two finishes across 19 events over nearly four years
The announcement was made on Friday evening through a post on the neerajchopraclassic Instagram page
Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra declared his pride in the Indian armed forces and urged fellow citizens to strictly follow safety guidelines