Neeraj Chopra Diamond League 2024 Final: Neeraj Chopra has secured second place in the Diamond League 2024 final held in Brussels. Neeraj has had to settle for the runner-up tag in javelin throw for the second consecutive year. His best throw was 87.86 meters, but Anderson Peters of Grenada was only 0.01 meters ahead of him. Peters’ best throw was 87.87 meters, which made him the champion of javelin throw in Diamond League 2024.
Neeraj’s first throw was 86.82 meters, but his toughest opponent Anderson Peters threw his first throw 87.87 meters away. This throw finally gave Peters the title of champion. Although Neeraj Chopra’s second throw was less than 84 meters, but on the third throw he covered a distance of 87.86 meters and he missed becoming the champion by a margin of just 1 centimeter. The last throw of the Indian star was more than 86 meters, but he could not become the champion.
Let us tell you that the athlete who becomes the champion of Diamond League gets 30 thousand US dollars. That means Anderson Peters of Grenada will be given a prize money of about 25 lakh rupees. At the same time, Neeraj Chopra will get 12 thousand dollars i.e. about 10 lakh rupees as a prize for being in second place.
Neeraj Chopra became the champion in 2022
Neeraj Chopra may not have become the Diamond League champion in 2024, but he had succeeded in winning this title two years ago. That year Neeraj achieved the historic feat of becoming the Diamond League champion by throwing the javelin 88.44 meters in the final. Talking about 2023, Czech Republic’s Yakub Valesh became the champion by covering a distance of 84.24 meters, but Neeraj finished second with a throw of 83.80 meters.
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