Finance
After gold in the Olympics and silver in the World Championships, Neeraj Chopra has now given himself a Diamond, as the 24-year-old Indian superstar made history on Thursday by becoming the country’s 1st athlete to win the prestigious Diamond League Finals title. Neeraj captured the elusive gold medal at the Diamond League in Zurich with an incredible throw of 88.44m on his second attempt during the men’s javelin competition.
It wasn’t the best of starts for Neeraj, who began with a foul throw, but he quickly established a lead in the competition, taking the top spot on the list with a superb second-attempt throw of 88.44m, his fourth career-best attempt, and it eventually turned out to be a winning effort for the Indian. His next attempts were of 88.00m, 86.11m, 87.00m and 83.60m.
Olympic silver medalist Jakub Vadlejch of the Czech Republic, who was also competing, finished second with a best throw of 86.94m in his fourth throw. Julian Weber of Germany finished third with an 83.73m best attempt.
Source:HT
