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17-05-2025
- Sport
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Neeraj Chopra on breaching 90m mark: 'Some said it won't happen, I can throw further'
Neeraj Chopra said that while some believed he would never breach the 90m mark in javelin throw, he now feels confident about doing 90m and even 90+ metre throws regularly. read more Neeraj Chopra finally breached the 90m mark as he achieved a new national record with a 90.23m throw on Friday night at the Doha Diamond League. Neeraj did not win the competition as his long-time friend, Julian Weber of Germany, also broke the 90m mark for the first time and clinched the first position with a 91.06m throw. Grenada's Anderson Peters came third at 85.34m. Nonetheless, the second position at the Doha Diamond League 2025 is a small blip on a massive achievement for Neeraj, who has already won two medals at the Olympics, including a gold and the 2023 World Championships. Neeraj won all the major medals in the javelin throw competition by consistently hitting the 88-89m marks but the Paris Olympics, where he lost the gold to Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem, showed him that 90m was now a must. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD While Nadeem won the gold with a throw of 92.97m and breached the 90m mark twice in the Olympic final, Neeraj settled for silver with a throw of 89.45m. Neeraj Chopra joins the 90M 𝐂𝐋𝐔𝐁 🔥 👏 🇮🇳 Neeraj Chopra finally broke the 90m barrier for the first time in his career, with a throw of 90.23 at the Doha Diamond League. #NeerajChopra — Doordarshan Sports (@ddsportschannel) May 16, 2025 But on Friday, at the Qatar Sports Complex, Neeraj broke the bad luck and as he hurled the javelin 90.23m far on his third attempt. Neeraj says critics have been proven wrong After breaking the 90m barrier, Neeraj said that he always knew 90m was possible for him but this achievement will give Indian fans another reason to celebrate. 'A lot of people used to ask about the 90m mark. Some also said it won't happen because since 2018, I have reached so far and been hitting 88-89m marks. Finally, not for me but surely the burden of the Indian fans has gone away now that the 90m is crossed. I feel I can do better and we will do it this year,' he told RevSportz. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD 'I had a belief that I needed to know how to cross 90m and now I know that. So just like I consistently threw 88-89m, now I will try to target 90 and 90+ throws.' Neeraj added that helpful breezy conditions in Doha and the warm weather also helped him. 'When I was having warm-up throws my coach said today is the day when I can throw 90m. After my 90m throw also, he told me I can throw 2-3m farther,' he said. 'The wind helps for sure and the weather is a little warm and that helps. It's the first competition of the year, so everyone came with a fresh mindset after a long time and has hunger inside for the throwing part.' Neeraj also credited his new coach, Jan Zelezny, who is considered the greatest javelin thrower ever, for his latest achievement. 'I am very happy that Jan Zelezny is my coach and we worked very hard in South Africa. We are still working on some aspects.' STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD The 27-year-old Indian athlete also did not forget to praise his competitor, Weber, who won the competition with a personal best throw. 'I also told Julian (Weber) that we can throw 90m. I am also happy for him. We have tried very hard for 90m for so many years, and so we are happy. It's like a good push between us and in the next competition we will push each other again and will throw farther,' he added.
Hindustan Times
11-05-2025
- Sport
- Hindustan Times
India's men's 4x400m, mixed 4x400m teams miss out on World C'ships qualification
Guangzhou, India's campaign at the World Athletics Relays ended in disappointment as the men's 4x400m and mixed 4x400m teams missed out on qualifying for the World Championships, to be held in Tokyo later this year. The mixed 4x400m team of Santhosh Kumar Tamilarasan, Rupal Chaudhary, Thennarasu Kayalvizhi Vishal and Subha Venkatesan clocked 3 minutes 14.81 seconds to finish fourth in heat number 2. The top three teams in each of the two heats qualified for the Worlds scheduled for September 13-21 in the Japanese capital. On Saturday, the Indians had clocked 3:16.85 seconds to finish fifth in heat number 3. They got another chance on Sunday to book the World Championships berth but failed to do so. Eight teams booked their World Championships berths on Saturday. The men's 4x400m quartet of Jay Kumar, Dharmveer Choudhary, Thekkinalil Saji Manu and Rince Joseph did worse than their female counterparts, finishing seventh with a time of 3:04.49. On Saturday, the Indian men's 4x400m team had clocked 3:03.92 to finish fifth in their heat. They got another chance on Sunday to book the World Championships berth but failed to do so. The top 14 teams in each of the men's and women's 4x100m and 4x400m, plus the mixed 4x400m, will secure their place at the Tokyo World Championships. The remaining two places in each event will be awarded based on top lists during the qualification period . India will now hope to be among these two remaining teams and try to clock better times in events during the qualification window. The country had competed in the men's 4x400m in the 2023 World Championships in Hungary, where the Indian quartet gave a scare to the fancied United States before finishing second in the heat race with the then Asian record of 2:59.05. The Indian quartet of Muhammed Anas, Amoj Jacob, Rajesh Ramesh and Muhammed Ajmal had finished fifth in the final. The same team, however, failed to qualify for the final round in the 2024 Paris Olympics after finishing fourth in the heat race. India fielded a fresh team in the men's 4x400m relay here, leaving out the athletes that competed in the 2023 World Championships and the 2024 Olympics.
Yahoo
27-01-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Islanders acquire D Scott Perunovich in trade with Blues
The Islanders have acquired defenseman Scott Perunovich from the St. Louis Blues in exchange for a conditional fifth-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft. Perunovich has appeared in 24 games this season, recording two goals and four assists. He was originally selected in the second round of the 2018 NHL Draft out of the University of Minnesota Duluth, where he took home the Hobey Baker Award after producing six goals and 34 assists during his senior season. He also represented the United States at the 2018 World Junior Championships and 2023 World Championships. Perunovich recently found himself on the outside looking in at playing time with St. Louis, having appeared in just two games since the calendar flipped to the new year. The offensive-minded defenseman should immediately find minutes with the Isles after Ryan Pulock landed on injured reserve earlier in the day with an upper-body injury suffered during Saturday's game.
