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Doha Diamond League Highlights: Neeraj Chopra settles for 2nd spot with 88.36m throw

Doha Diamond League Highlights: Neeraj Chopra settles for 2nd spot with 88.36m throw

Neeraj Chopra begins 2024 season with a throw of 88.36m while Kishore Jena managed a throw of 76.31m.

Doha Diamond League 2024 Live Updates: Neeraj Chopra fell agonisingly short of the best throw of the night to settle for 2nd spot in the Doha Diamond League 2024. The Olympic gold medalist came up with a 88.36m throw in his last attempt, which was just 2m short of Jakub Vadlejch’s 88.38m mark. Neeraj was the defending champion here, but lost by the narrowest of margins. Another Indian Kishore Jena was eliminated after the third throw as he finished 9th with a best throw of 76.31m.

Doha Diamond League 2024 Highlights

Final results

Neeraj Chopra comes up with his best throw of the night in 6th attempt, throws 88.36m which is just two meters below Jakub Vadlejch!

Last attempt remaining for Neeraj, can he find the inspiration better Jakub Vadlejch’s 88.38m throw?

Neeraj Chopra’s 5th throw yields 82.28m.

Kishore Jena gets eliminated, finishes 9th.

Neeraj Chopra’s 4th throw is marginally lower than his third, Indian throws 86.18m in 4th attempt.

Another Indian Kishore Jena placed 9th with a 76.31m throw.

Jakub Vadlejch consolidates lead with 88.38m throw. Can Neeraj Chopra topple the Czech?

Neeraj Chopra betters his numbers in third throw, reclaims 2nd spot with 86.24m throw.

Anderson Peters clinches 2nd spot from Neeraj Chopra with a throw of 85.75m.

That’s a big throw! Neeraj Chopra putting the pressure back on opponents, throws 84.93m in second attempt.

Neeraj Chopra makes a fault throw in his first attempt!

We are just a few minutes away from the start of the Javelin throw event as Neeraj Chopra aims to keep hold of the title.

Welcome to the live coverage of the Doha Diamond League 2024, where Neeraj Chopra will look to defend his title and Kishore Jena will look to repeat his Asian Games 2022 heroics.

Doha Diamond League 2024 Participants list

  • Neeraj Chopra (India) 
  • Kishore Jena (India)
  • Dean Roderik Genki (Japan)
  • Oliver Helander (Finland)
  • Andrian Mardare (Moldova)
  • Edis Matusevicius (Lithuana)
  • Anderson Peters (Grenada)
  • Curtis Thompson (USA)
  • Jakub Vadlejch (Czech Republic)
  • Julius Yego (Kenya)

All you need to know about Doha Diamond League 2024

The Doha leg of the Diamond League 2024 will get underway at 10:12 PM IST. The live telecast will be available on the Sports18 3 and Sports18 1 HD TV channels, and the event can be live-streamed on the JioCinema app and website in India.

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