Chopra finishes second in Janusz Kusocinski meet

A week after breaking the elusive 90-metre barrier at the Diamond League in Doha, Neeraj Chopra won second place at the Janusz Kusocinski Memorial in Chorzow, Poland with a best throw of 84.14 metres.

- HT Correspondent

NEW DELHI: With this result, he has maintained a streak of 22 consecutive events, starting June 2021, where he has not finished outside the top two.

This time though Chopra saved his best for the last, overtaking Anderson Peters with his final throw. The event was won by Julian Weber of Germany, who threw 86.12 metres in his second attempt to establish an early lead and he kept it till the end with a very consistent performance.

For most of the competition, Chopra struggled—his best over the first five rounds was just 81.80 metres, and Peters held second with 83.24 metres. But the Indian jumped into second place in the final round to rearrange the sequence to Doha Diamond League's podium order.

In Doha, Chopra had thrown a personal best and national record 90.23 metres, finishing behind Weber's stunning 91.06 metres. Peters had registered 85.64 metres.