Neeraj Chopra in action in Doha Diamond League© X (Twitter)
Neeraj Chopra finally violated the mark of 90.23 meter throw with a 90 -meter mark, but on Friday finished second behind the Julian Weber of Germany in a dramatic male spear competition in Doha leg of the prestigious Diamond League series. Weber rolled the table and topped the 91.06 meter, topped with his final throw. The 27-year-old Double Olympic medalist Indian sent his Spear 90.23 meter in his third attempt under the leadership of his current coach Jan Zelezney to join a list of javelin, who recorded 90 meter-plus efforts. He became the third Asian and 25th position to achieve tricks.
Neeraj Chopra to throw 90.23 meters of Javelin in the Diamond League.#Diyamondleague pic.twitter.com/ktv1uwk7ek
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Pakistan’s Olympic champion Arshad Madem (92.97 meters) and Chao-Tsun Cheng (91.36 m) of Chinese Taipei are two other Asians who have violated the prestigious mark.
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