After a valiant effort at the Diamond League Finals late on Saturday, India’s Neeraj Chopra finished second with an effort of 83.80m. Competing in tough, windy conditions, the 25-year-old from Haryana could not defend his title. It was Jakub Vadlejch of the Czech Republic, who won the coveted title narrowly, with a best throw of 84.24m.
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Neeraj Chopra fouled his two attempts and his best effort of the day came in the second throw, with the series reading foul, 83.80m, 81.37m, foul, 80.74, and 80.90m. This was his first below-85m throw of the season. He had qualified for the Diamond League Finals at the third spot and had won the 2022 event in Zurich with a throw of 88.44m.
Jakub Vadlejch, who won bronze in the Budapest World Championships in August and silver in the Tokyo Olympics behind Chopra, had also clinched the Diamond League Finals title in 2017 and 2018. Oliver Helander of Finland took the third spot with a best throw of 83.74m. The two-time world champion Anderson Peters’ wretched season continued as he finished last with a throw of 74.71m.
Vadlejch won USD 32,000 while Neeraj Chopra pocketed USD 12,000 prize money for finishing second.
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