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16-05-2025
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Julian Weber Steals Neeraj Chopra's Thunder At Doha Diamond League
Last Updated: Chopra broke the 90m mark for the very first time in his career, but it wasn't enough to place him atop the Doha Diamond League standings as German Weber upstaged the Indian. Indian javelin throw ace Neeraj Chopra breached the elusive 90m mark for the very first time in his career, but it wasn't enough to place him atop the rankings at the Doha Diamond League as German Julian Weber upstaged the Indian with his final throw of the evening, which also turned out to be his maiden effort past the coveted mark. A HUGE night in the javelin! @Neeraj_chopra1 finally clears 90m-mark with 90.23m in round 3……but Julian Weber snatches the victory and the world lead away from him with 91.06m in the Final 3! #DiamondLeague #DohaDL 🇶🇦📸 @GorczynskaMarta — Wanda Diamond League (@Diamond_League) May 16, 2025 Two-time Olympic medallist Neeraj registered his best throw of 90.23m on his third attempt of the day to lead the table all the way up until Weber produced a mammoth 91.06m in his final attempt to usurp the top spot in a nail-biter in the Qatari Capital on Friday. Anderson Peters of Granada came in third with a best effort on the day of 85.64m, followed by Keshorn Walcott of Trinidad and Tobago, who registered an attempt of 84.64m. Peters led the table at the end of the first round, a lead he held at the conclusion of the second round of attempts too. But Neeraj popped up with his best ever attempt on the third time of reckoning and looked to take the top spot at the end of the day along with his record throw, but Weber turned the event on its head as he finished off with a flurry. The German scaled the 90m mark for the maiden time in his career too as he went past Chopra's best to rain on the Indian's parade. First Published: May 16, 2025, 23:50 IST
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16-05-2025
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Neeraj Chopra enters the 90m club; India's javelin superstar makes history at Doha Diamond League
Neeraj Chopra entered the elite 90m club with a massive 90.23m throw at the Doha Diamond League 2025. Despite the historic mark, Germany's Julian Weber stole the victory with a 91.06m effort in the final round. read more In a landmark moment for Indian athletics, Neeraj Chopra finally breached the elusive 90-meter mark, throwing the javelin to a massive 90.23m in the third round of the Doha Diamond League 2025 on Friday. The throw placed him into an elite club of javelin throwers. Chopra began the competition in dominant fashion, opening with a world-leading throw of 88.44m on his very first attempt. But it was his third-round effort that stole the show, a towering 90.23m, marking the first time in his career that the Olympic and World Champion had crossed the 90m barrier. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Chopra appeared destined for victory for most of the event, leading a strong lineup that included Anderson Peters and Germany's Julian Weber. However, the final round brought a twist in the tale. In a stunning finale, Germany's Julian Weber unleashed a monstrous 91.06m throw, stealing both the victory and the world lead from Chopra in dramatic fashion. A HUGE night in the javelin!@Neeraj_chopra1 finally clears 90m-mark with 90.23m in round 3... ...but Julian Weber snatches the victory and the world lead away from him with 91.06m in the Final 3!#DiamondLeague #DohaDL 🇶🇦 📸 @GorczynskaMarta — Wanda Diamond League (@Diamond_League) May 16, 2025 Chopra responded with a final attempt of 88.20m, a solid effort but not enough to reclaim the top spot. He finished second behind Weber, with Anderson Peters (85.64m) rounding out the podium.
Yahoo
03-05-2025
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- Yahoo
Sarah earns Aussie top Billings in Diamond League
Sarah Billings has come perilously close to breaking the Australian 800 metres record as she enjoyed another breakthrough two-lap outing at the latest Diamond League meeting in China. Following her third place in the 1000m in the previous week's meeting in Xiamen, the improving Melbourne athlete finished runner-up in the 800m at the Shanghai-Keqiao meet on Saturday, clocking a new lifetime best of 1 minute 57.83 seconds as she chased home Ethiopian winner Tsige Duguma. The 27-year-old's time was just five-hundredths of a second outside Catriona Bisset's national mark of 1:57.78, set in London six years ago, as she powered through the pursuing pack to become just the second Australian woman to crack the 1:58 barrier. 🇪🇹 Ethiopian record 🇪🇹Tsige Duguma delivers a world lead, a meeting record and a national record with 1:56.64 in the women's 800m#KeqiaoDL🇨🇳#DiamondLeague📸@matthewquine — Wanda Diamond League (@Diamond_League) May 3, 2025 "I couldn't be happier! I've been picked for the world championships in the 1500m already, so that's still the main goal, but that was pretty close to the national record, so I'm really happy," said Billings, who knocked over a second off her best of 1:58.94 but was no match for 24-year-old Duguma's new Ethiopian record of 1:56.64. "I had a really clear race plan, I just wanted to go really hard at 300m to go. My coach Nic (Bideau) told me this morning that gaps open up with 100m to go on the inside and to watch for it. I watched for it and some opened up," Billings said. She wasn't the only Australian woman on the podium, with the brilliant high jump duo of runner-up Nicola Olyslagers and third-placed Eleanor Patterson again having to give best to Ukraine's Olympic champion and world record holder Yaroslava Mahuchikh. Olyslagers cleared 1.98m on her second attempt to finish ahead of Patterson (1.95m) but Mahuchikh's 2.00m clearance again put her on top as it had in Xiamen. "The competition today was a big improvement from last week. I enjoyed it! Today I had courage and I am thankful for that," said Olympic double silver medallist Olyslagers. "This is the first time I have started my season a bit later, so every jump of course I want to be over two metres and getting personal bests, but I have great faith that God will get me ready. I don't worry about the past, I just go forward." Olympic and world champion Armand Duplantis soared 6.11 metres to win the pole vault as usual, but missed out on his single crack at a world record attempt at 6.28m. Australian Kurtis Marschall cleared 5.72m to claim fourth place. Matthew Clarke clocked 8:28.86 for 10th place in the 3000m steeplechase while Mackenzie Little (NSW) was ninth in the javelin with a 56.85m throw. Rising middle-distance prospect Jude Thomas marked his Diamond League debut over 5000m by finishing 16th in 13:32.99. International performance of the night was American Cordell Tinch becoming the fourth fastest high hurdler of all time as he scorched to victory in 12.87 seconds. South African Akani Simbine backed up his win in Xiamen last week by running down Olympic silver medallist Kishane Thompson in the last few strides to win the 100m in 9.98 seconds. Karsten Warholm, who ran a world best time in the 300m hurdles in Xiamen, confirmed his fine form by dominating the more familiar 400m in 47.28. With Reuters
