Janusz Kusocinski Memorial 2025 LIVE: Neeraj Chopra Far From Best, 3rd Behind Weber, Peters
Janusz Kusocinski Memorial 2025 LIVE Updates:
Two-time Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra will be in action at the Janusz Kusocinski Memorial 2025 on Friday, May 23. The event is set to be hosted at the Silesian Stadium in Chorzow, Poland.
The event in Poland will be Chopra's third of the season and second in the same month, following his landmark showing at the Doha Diamond League. The Tokyo Olympics gold-medallist, Chopra, breached the coveted 90m mark with his latest efforts at the Doha Diamond League with a throw of 90.23m, and will look to better his personal best when he competes in Poland against a strong field.
However, despite his maiden 90 plus attempt, Chopra was upstaged by German Julian Weber, who also breached the coveted mark for the very first time in his career to take the top spot in Qatar with an effort of 91.06m.
Chopra, began his season with a top-placed finish at the Potch Invitational Meet in Potchefstroom in South Africa with his 84.52m throw in April.
Chopra, who was slated to headline the NC Classic in Bengaluru on the 24th of May before the event was postponed in the wake of the cross-border tension between India and its neighbour Pakistan following an armed conflict between the rival nations.
The field on Friday will also include multiple big names inculding Weber, Granada's Anderson Peters, Moldovan Andrian Mardare, Ukrainian Artur Felfner and the Polish trio of Roch Krukowski, Marcin Krukowski and Cyprian Mrzyglod.
The Javelin Throw Field at Janusz Kusocinski Memorial 2025 :
Neeraj Chopra (India)
Andrian Mardare (Moldova)
Roch Krukowski (Poland)
Julian Weber (Germany)
Anderson Peters (Grenada)
Marcin Krukowski (Poland)
Cyprian Mrzyglod (Poland)
Artur Felfner (Ukraine)
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