Neeraj Chopra Javelin Throw Match Highlights, Lausanne Diamond League 2024: Chopra Attains Season Best With 89.94m To Finish Second Behind Anderson Peters

Final attempt for Neeraj Chopra and he just feels agonisingly short of 90m. He gets it 89.49 as his season's best to get to second spot.

Anderson Peters goes past 90m mark. In his last and best throw, he gets 90.61m.

Neeraj Chopra's fifth attempt has some improvement - 85.58 as it takes him to third spot.

Neeraj Chopra's fourth attempt - 82.34m.

Neeraj Chopra's third attempt - 83.13m. The Tokyo Olympics champion is not looking at his best at the moment.

Neeraj Chopra's 2nd attempt - 83.21m. 

Neeraj Chopra's first throw marks 82.10m as he occupies third spot. Grenada's Anderson Peters is on first spot.

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Having pushed to the fourth spot with a throw of 88.50m in Paris after winning a silver in Tokyo, Vadlejch would be looking to maintain his form in his bid to defend the DL title.

Having pushed to the fourth spot with a throw of 88.50m in Paris after winning a silver in Tokyo, Vadlejch would be looking to maintain his form in his bid to defend the DL title.

"I came to Switzerland for training ahead of the Diamond League. Luckily, I did not aggravate my injury as I took extra care of that. I thought of continuing my season like most other athletes. There is one month to go until the season ends. I will go to the doctors in my free time," he had said last week.

Chopra will be up against a top-class field in Lausanne with five of the top-six finishers in Paris Olympics final competing. Only Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem, who stunned the athletics world by winning the gold with an Olympic record throw of 92.97m, is missing.

After a busy couple of days post the Olympic final on August 8, Chopra started training in Switzerland and is determined to finish the season on a high despite being restricted by the injury.

There is another DL meeting -- in Zurich on September 5 -- which has men's javelin throw event in its roster. He is currently at fourth spot with seven points he has garnered after finishing second behind Vadlejch in the Doha Diamond League on May 10.

This season's DL finals will be held in Brussels on September 14. He needs to finish in the top-six of the Diamond League meetings series standings to qualify for the season finale.

Chopra was the Diamond League champion in 2022 and finished second behind Jakub Vadlejch of Czech Republic in the winner-takes-all DL final in Eugene, USA, last year.

The 26-year-old double Olympic medallist Indian on Saturday confirmed his participation at the Diamond League meeting in Lausanne, leaving a decision on a possible surgery after the end of the season.

Nursing a long-standing groin injury, Chopra claimed a silver in the Paris Olympics on August 8 with a 89.45m throw, having won a historic gold in the Tokyo edition of the Games three years ago.

Two weeks after winning his historic silver medal at the Paris Olympics, star Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra will resume action at the Lausanne Diamond League meeting on Thursday, seeking to reclaim the DL trophy at the season-ending finale next month.

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the Lausanne Diamond League's Javelin Throw event. India's silver-medal winning athlete Neeraj Chopra will look to make a mark in the competition as a favourite.