Having breached the 90m mark, two-time Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra would now be eyeing a high end when he goes up towards acquainted rivals within the prestigious Paris Diamond League on Friday in a star-studded subject right here.
Having breached the 90m mark, two-time Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra would now be eyeing a high end when he goes up towards acquainted rivals within the prestigious Paris Diamond League on Friday in a star-studded subject right here.
Chopra, German ace Julian Weber and two-time world champion Anderson Peters of Grenada shall be amongst eight opponents vying for high honours within the second DL assembly of the season, that includes males’s javelin throw on the roster. 5 of the listed throwers have hit the 90m mark.
Weber had upstaged Chopra within the Doha DL on Could 16 after the Indian famous person lastly breached the elusive 90m mark. Weber had recorded 91.06m together with his final throw to trump Chopra who had despatched his spear to a distance of 90.23m in the identical occasion.
The 31-year-old Weber had additionally crushed Chopra on the Janusz Kusocinski Memorial meet on Could 23 in Poland the place each carried out beneath their finest below chilly and overcast situations. Weber had produced 86.12m whereas Chopra might solely come up 84.14m to complete second.
Peters was there within the subject too at each the Doha DL and the Poland occasion. He had completed third in each.
In Paris, Chopra would look to upstage Weber after ending second in back-to-back competitions as he returns to the French capital after eight years for a Diamond League competitors.
Chopra had skipped the Paris DL final yr as a way to deal with the Olympic Video games the place he took the silver with a throw of 89.45m. He final competed within the Paris DL in 2017 as a junior world champion and completed fifth with a throw of 84.67m.
Within the eight-man subject on the Charlety Stadium on Friday, 5 have crossed the 90m mark. Chopra and Weber have been the most recent entrants to the unique membership. Peters has already achieved it in 2022.
Kenya’s 2015 world champion Julius Yego and Trinidad and Tobago’s 2012 Olympics gold-winner Keshorn Walcott are the opposite two within the 90m membership. Each achieved the feat again in 2015 and since then their performances have declined.
“Few conferences can boast a subject of 5 javelin throwers over 90m. Foremost amongst them is Tokyo Olympic champion and Paris silver medallist Neeraj Chopra of India, who’s as highly effective as he’s constant,” the Paris DL organisers said in a promotional launch for the occasion.
The opposite three within the eight-man subject are Luiz Mauricio Da Silva of Brazil, who has a season’s in addition to private better of 86.34m, Andrian Mardare of Moldova (PB: 86.66m) and Remi Rougetet of France.
Chopra started the 2025 season with a title in an invitational meet at Potchefstroom, South Africa, which was a minor — class F — occasion with a throw of 84.52m.
4 days after the Paris DL, Chopra will compete on the Golden Spike athletics meet in Ostrava, Czech Republic on June 24.
After that, the reigning world champion will function within the inaugural version of the Neeraj Chopra Traditional on July 5 in Bengaluru, a World Athletics class A occasion which he’s internet hosting.
Peters, Yego and Da Silva may also be there within the NC Traditional.
