Neeraj Chopra in action at Doha Diamond League© X (Twitter)
Star Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra finally breached the 90m mark at the Doha leg of the prestigious Diamond League Meeting as he became the third Asian and 25th overall to achieve the feat on Friday. The 27-year-old double Olympic medallist sent his spear 90.23m in his third attempt to join a list of javelin throwers, led by his current coach Jan Zelezny of Czechia, who had recorded 90m-plus efforts. Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem (92.97m) of Pakistan and Chao-Tsun Cheng (91.36m) of Chinese Taipei are the two other Asians to have breached the coveted mark.
90.23M JAVELIN THROW BY NEERAJ CHOPRA IN THE DIAMOND LEAGUE UNSTOPPABLE .#DiamondLeague pic.twitter.com/ktV1uwK7ek
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Neeraj’s previous best was 89.94m at the Stockholm Diamond League 2022.
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