Neeraj Chopra has feature in four matches this season, have recently won a silver medal at the Zurich Diamond League. He missed the gold by a few centimetres.
Neeraj Chopra spear thundered again
India’s javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra is constantly in the news these days. After winning a gold medal in the past, he now had to settle for a silver medal in the Zurich Diamond League. He was just a few centimeters away from winning the gold medal at the World Championships. He attempted 85.71 metres. In this championship, Jakub Wadlech of Czech Republic won the gold medal with a throw of 85.86 meters.
Foul by Neeraj
Neeraj was challenge to perform in this championship just four days after winning the gold medal in the World Championship in the previous days. This is her first silver of the season, have already won three gold medals. He fouled 3 out of 6 attempts in this match.
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In his first attempt, Neeraj managed to finish second with a throw of 80.79m. Neeraj’s throw was fouled in the second attempt and Germany’s Julian Weber, Czech Republic’s Jakub Wedlach and Finland’s Oliver Hellander went ahead. Neeraj’s third attempt was also fouled but he threw 85.22 meters in the fourth attempt. After this effort he went straight from fifth to second. The fifth round again proved frustrating for Neeraj as he fouled. In his sixth attempt, he threw 85.71 meters but Wadlech remained number one.
Played 4 matches in this season
Neeraj has played four matches this season. First he joined Shiva Championship, then Lausanne, Doha and now Zurich Diamond League. He won gold in both Lausanne and Doha but could only win silver this time.
