Diamond League 2023: Neeraj’s ‘Golden Arm’ showed magic in the 5th attempt; Javelin throw won gold at 87.66 meters

After recovering from muscle strain, Neeraj Chopra has once again created a record by lifting the javelin in his hand. He has won the men’s javelin throw event in the Lausanne stage of the prestigious Diamond League series. Neeraj topped the event with a throw of 87.66m. At the same time, Germany’s Julian Weber is in second place with 87.03m. Jakub Vadlejche of Czech Republic finished third with a throw of 86.13m. Please tell that this is the second gold of Indian Javelin star Neeraj in this year. He was also a gold medalist in the Doha Diamond League.

Start with a foul
Neeraj Chopra started off with a foul in the first round. At the same time, Germany’s Julian Weber took the lead with a throw of 86.20 metres. At the end of the first round, Neeraj was not even in the top three athletes. Then in the second attempt, Neeraj managed a throw of 83.52 metres. However, Julian was still in the lead at the end of the second round. Despite this, Neeraj’s ranking improved and he reached number three. Neeraj scored 85.02m in the third attempt. With this throw, he reached number two. However, Julian still held the lead with a throw of 86.20m. In such a situation, Neeraj fouled in the fourth attempt. In the fifth attempt, Neeraj’s ‘Golden Arm’ worked its magic and achieved a throw of 87.66 metres. With this he reached the first place. In the sixth and final attempt, Neeraj achieved a throw of 84.15 metres.

Second gold of the year
Please tell that this is the second gold of Indian Javelin star Neeraj in this year. He was also a gold medalist in the Doha Diamond League. At the same time, this is Neeraj’s 8th international gold. Earlier, he had won gold in tournaments like Asian Games, South Asian Games, Olympic Games and Diamond League.

Neeraj landed after a month
The 25-year-old Neeraj had won gold in the Doha Diamond League on May 5 with a throw of 88.67m. She then suffered a hamstring strain, which forced her to withdraw from the Fanny Blankers-Koen Games on June 4 and the Paavo Nurmi Games on June 13. On May 29, he issued a statement and informed about it. Now after a full month, he again entered the competition. However, during this time he did not miss the opportunity to play in any Diamond League. The Rabat, Rome, Paris and Oslo phases of the league do not feature the javelin throw.

Neeraj is on top of the league
Neeraj got a tough fight in Lausanne. In front of him were Tokyo Olympics silver medalist Jakub Vadlejche of the Czech Republic (90.88m, season’s best 89.51m), world champion Andersen Peters of Grenada (93.07m, season’s best 85.88m), Finland’s Oliver Hallender (89.83m, season’s best) 87.32m), London Olympic winner Keshern Walcott of Trinidad and Tobago (90.16m, season’s best 85.85m) European champion Julian Weiber of Germany (89.54m, season’s best 88.37m).

Niraj, last year’s Diamond League winner, leads the league with eight points to defend his title, Wadlejche has seven points and Peters has six. Lausanne will be followed by leagues in Monaco (July 21) and Zurich (August 31), where the javelin throw is included. The final of the league will be held in Eugene (USA) on September 16-17.

Neeraj has qualified for the World Championship
Neeraj will also participate in the World Athletics Championships 2023 to be held in Budapest, Hungary. This championship will be held from 19 to 27 August. Neeraj had won a silver medal in the last season in 2022 Eugene. The Indian team has been able to win only two medals in the history of this championship, one of them in the name of Neeraj. Prior to Neeraj, in 2003, Anju Bobby George created history by winning the first medal for India in the women’s long jump competition. He had won the bronze medal.

Murali Sreeshankar could not win a medal
Apart from Neeraj, another Indian long jumper Murali Sreesankar also participated in the Diamond League. He jumped 7.75, 7.63, 7.88 and 7.59 and 7.66 meters in the first 5 attempts. However, he could not win any medal. Murali finished fifth.