Neeraj Chopra beats Julian Weber with 88.16m throw, wins Paris Diamond League for first …

Jun 21, 2025 09:47 AM IST Neeraj Chopra defeated Julian Weber to clinch the Paris Diamond League title, on Friday. Neeraj Chopra was in fine form in Paris on Friday, as he bagged his first Diamond League title in two years, upstaging Germany’s Julian Weber. The Indian javelin superstar’s first throw of 88.16m saw him win the title. Meanwhile, his second throw saw him reach 85.10m and then he fouled in his next three tries. Then in his sixth and final throw, he registered 82.89m. Neeraj Chopra bagged first position in Paris.(Twitter) Weber came second with his opening throw of 87.88m, followed by Brazil’s Luiz Mauricio Da Silva, who got 86.62m in his second attempt. Also Read: Rescheduled Neeraj Chopra Classic to be held on July 5 in Bengaluru Here is the full video of Chopra’s first throw in Paris: Chopra had breached the 90m mark in the Doha Diamond League recently, with a throw of 90.23m, but had to settle for second place. In Doha, Weber won gold, with his last round throw of 91.06m. Weber also beat Chopra at the Janusz Kusocinski Memorial meet in Poland, where overcast and windy conditions saw the German get 86.12m. Meanwhile, Chopra
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