Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra’s strong form continues. 24-year-old Neeraj, who won gold in Tokyo Olympics, broke his own national record for the second time in 20 days. Neeraj has started the Diamond League organized in Stockholm in a tremendous way. He covered a distance of 89.94 meters in his first attempt of javelin throw on Thursday.
𝘏𝘶𝘮 𝘵𝘰𝘩 𝘶𝘥𝘥 𝘨𝘢𝘺𝘦…𝘜𝘥𝘥 𝘨𝘢𝘺𝘦…𝘜𝘥𝘥 𝘨𝘢𝘺𝘦 🎶
Neeraj Chopra of 🇮🇳 makes a blockbuster return to the Diamond League circuit with a National Record throw of 89.94 meters at the Stockholm meeting.#StockholmDL | #DiamondLeague | #NeerajChopra pic.twitter.com/9rAhvXsuTC
— Olympic Khel (@OlympicKhel) June 30, 2022
With this throw, Neeraj shattered his own national record of 89.30 meters set at the Pavo Nurmi Games this month. Neeraj’s throw meet record was also set, although he broke it with Grenada’s Anderson Peters (90.31m) in the third attempt.
That’s a record breaking start for Neeraj Chopra. New NR 89.94.
90m barrier !!! Let’s see pic.twitter.com/zvn2zZAUjq— Amanpreet Singh (@amanthejourno) June 30, 2022
It is worth noting that Neeraj is participating in the Diamond League Meet for the first time after 2018. He then finished fourth last time with a throw of 85.73. He has participated in the Diamond League Meet seven times so far, but has not won a single medal till date. He has finished fourth twice.
