Neeraj Chopra secures victory with 88.67 m throw at Diamond League 2023

Olympic gold medal winner Neeraj Chopra has secured victory with 88.67 m throw at Doha Diamond League 2023. Chopra’s first throw was 88.67 which was a great way to start the new season. His first throw was enough to seal the victory for him but he still tried to push ahead. Chopra’s second throw resulted in an 86.04m distance, maintaining his lead in the charts over Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Jakub Vadlejch, who was able to reach 88.63m, and world champion Anderson Peters, whose best attempt is 85.88m. The Czech Republic thrower moved up to second place, overtaking Anderson Peters. Neeraj made a foul on his fourth attempt.

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On the other hand, India’s Eldhose Paul, who is a champion in triple jump at the Commonwealth Games, secured the 10th position in a field of 11 men during his Diamond League debut. His first attempt resulted in a jump of 15.84m, which was his best distance throughout the event. The 26-year-old athlete from India attempted 13.65m and 14.70m in his next two jumps, but couldn’t advance to the medal round. His personal best in this discipline is 16.99m, which he achieved at the Federation Cup in India last year.

Past title won by Neeraj Chopra

Year	Event	Medal	Throw
2016	South Asian Games	Gold	82.23 m
2016	Asian Junior Championships	Silver	77.60 m
2016	World U20 Championships	Gold	86.48 m
2017	Asian Grand Prix Series	Silver	82.11 m
2017	Asian Grand Prix Series	Silver	83.32 m
2017	Asian Grand Prix Series	Bronze	79.90 m
2017	Asian Championships	Gold	85.23 m
2018	Offenburg Speerwurf Meeting	Silver	82.80 m
2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold	86.47 m
2018	Sotteville Athletics Meet	Gold	85.17 m
2018	Savo Games	Gold	85.69 m
2018	Asian Games	Gold	88.06 m
2020	Athletics Central North West League Meet (qualification for Olympics)	Gold	87.86 m
2021	Meeting Cidade de Lisboa	Gold	83.18 m
2021	Folksam Grand Prix	Gold	80.96 m
2021	Kuortane Games	Bronze	86.79 m
2021	Olympic Games	Gold	87.58 m
2022	Paavo Nurmi Games	Silver	89.30 m
2022	Kuortane Games	Gold	86.69 m
2022	World Athletics Championships	Silver	88.13 m
2022	Diamond League Lausanne	Winner	89.08 m
2022	Diamond League Final Zurich	Winner	88.44 m

Neeraj Chopra awards

Award	Year
Arjuna Award	2018
Vishisht Seva Medal (VSM)	2020
Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna	2021
Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM)	2022
Padma Shri	2022

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