Neeraj Chopra wins Doha Diamond League 2023 with world-leading effort of 88.67m

Tokyo 2020 Olympic javelin throw champion Neeraj Chopra started his season by winning the Doha Diamond League 2023 with a worldleading effort of 8867m on his first attempt at the Qatar Sports Club here on FridayChopra known for his explosive starts came within touching distance of his personal best and national javelin record of 8994m on his first attemptCzech Republics Jakub Vadlejch the Tokyo Olympics silver medallist wasnt far behind and hit a seasonbest 8863m in his second attemptThe Indian javelin ace followed up his first throw with 8604m in his second attempt Neeraj Chopras third throw measured 8547m before he fouled his fourth His last two throws measured 8437m and 8652mReigning world javelin champion Anderson Peters from Grenada logged 8588 to come third His throw also came off the first attemptAlso Read Neeraj Chopra lsquoIrsquoll enter 90m club in 2023With the topplace finish Neeraj Chopra earned eight qualification points from the first legNotably athletes competing in Diamond League are awarded points instead of medals and the top eight athletes at the end of the Diamond League series qualify for the Diamond League final This years final will be held in Eugene on September 16 and 17On the other hand another Indian javelin thrower Eldhose Paul a Commonwealth Games triple jump champion finished 10th in the 11men field with a best jump of 1584m on his first attemptMaking his Diamond League debut the 26yearold Paul hit 1365m and 1470m on his next two attempts and failed to progress further to the medal round His personal best is 1699m which he achieved at Indias Federation Cup last yearReigning Olympic triple jump champion Pedro Pichardo of Portugal managed 1791m to top the charts while Tokyo 2020 bronze medallist Hugues Fabrice Zango of Burkina Faso came second with 1781m Reigning Diamond League winner Andy Diaz Hernandez from Cuba came third with the best effort of 1780The next leg of the Diamond League series will be held in Rabat Morocco on May 28 On the other hand Neeraj will be in action next at the Golden Spike Ostrava event in the Czech Republic on June 27This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever