Neeraj Chopra, Diamond League 2024 Final Highlights: Neeraj finishes second in men’s javelin final; Anderson Peters wins by one centimetre

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Diamond League Final 2024: Neeraj Chopra falls short of trophy by 1cm as Anderson Peters grabs top prize

Neeraj will earn USD 12,000 for his second-place finish in the grand finale which marked the end of the Diamond League series after 14 legs, as well as the end of international athletics season.

Two-time Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra finishes second after throwing 86.46m in his final attempt.

Anderson Peters of Grenada throws 87.86m in the final attempt, which is the best Neeraj could do in the event.

He wins the men’s javelin event with his first throw of 87.87m

Germany’s Julian Weber ends the event in third after throwing 77.75m in his final attempt.

Belgian Timothy Herman with a 76.46m throw in his final attempt. He finishes seventh.

Ukraine’s Arthur Flefner finishes sixth after a foul throw in his last attempt.

Japan’s Roderick Genki Dean in fifth after a 70.68m final throw while Andrian Mardare of Moldova finishes fourth after a foul throw.

India’s Neeraj Chopra throws 83.30m in his fifth attempt and has only one chance left to clinch the top spot from Peters.

Peters throws 84.11m in his fifth attempt.

Germany’s Julian Weber has one attempt left if he is to move up from third after he fouls in his fifth throw.

Timothy Herman with a foul throw while Arthur Flefner throws 79.86m.

Genki Roderick Dean throws 79.53m. 

Grenada’s Anderson Peters maintains the top spot after throwing 85.85m in his fourth attempt.

Chopra has two attempts left at clinching the top spot after he throws only 82.04m in his fourth attempt. 

Germany’s Weber throws 81.46m in his fourth attempt.

Timothy Herman remains in last after throwing 75.34m.

Arthur Flefner with a 79.01m throw.

Genki Roderick Dean throws 80.37m while Mardare has yet another invalid throw.

Neeraj Chopra is agonisingly close to taking the top spot as he throws a distance of 87.86m, 0.01m less than Peters’ leading throw of 87.87m

Anderson Peters with an 85.40m throw in round three while Julian Weber throws 82.15m. 

Arthur Flefner moves out of the last spot with a 79.40m throw as Timothy Herman throws only 71.74m.

Andrian Mardare with an invalid thrid attempt.

Roderick Genki Dean throws 73.43m.

Neeraj Chopra remains in the second spot after throwing a distance of 83.49m in his second attempt. Four more throws to go.

German Weber throws 82.61m in his second attempt.

Anderson Peters with 86.96m in his second attempt, which is still better than Neeraj’s first throw.

Ukraine Fleflner with an invalid throw while Belgian Herman throws 72.29m.

Moldovan Andrare remains in fourth after throwing 82.64 in his second attempt.

A strong start from Neerja Chopra as goes to second with a throw of 86.82m.

Anderson Peters of Grenada throws 87.87m to take the lead in the first round. 

Only Neeraj Chopra remains.

Germany’s Julian Weber takes the top spot for now with a throw of 85.97m.

Andrian Mardare of Moldova goes to the top of the standing for now with a throw of 82.79m. Japan’s Roderick Genki Dean goes into second with 77.21m

Timothy Herman throws 75.68 while Ukrainian Arthur Flefner throws 75.09.

Defending champion Jakub Vadlejch of Czechia has been replaced by Timothy Herman of Belgium in the start list for the men’s javelin throw. 

The last time Neeraj competed at the Diamond League finals was in 2023. He entered the field in Eugene, USA as the defending champion - Neeraj had won the crown in 2022 with a best attempt of 88.44m. 

However, it was Jakub Vadlejch who had the last laugh, as he took the 2023 title with a best throw of 84.24m, which came on his final attempt.

Neeraj had to settle for second - his best effort came on the second try where he landed the javelin at 83.80m.

Each Diamond League season finale champion is awarded a ‘Diamond Trophy’, USD 30,000 prize money and a wild card for the World Athletics Championships. The runner-up gets USD 12,000.

1) Anderson Peters - Grenada

2) Julian Weber - Germany

3) Jakub Vadlejch - Czechia

4) Neeraj Chopra - India

5) Andrian Mardare - Moldova

6) Roderick Genki Dean - Japan

7) Artur Felfner - Ukraine

Neeraj Chopra will be seeking to cap off his season on a high when he competes in the men’s javelin throw event at the Diamond League 2024 Final in Brussels on Saturday. 

The Paris 2024 Olympics silver medallist secured a spot in the final after placing fourth in the overall standings, securing 14 points from two second-place finishes in the one-day events in Doha and Lausanne.

In the standings, the 26-year-old finished two points behind last year’s winner, Czechia’s Jakub Vadlejch. Grenada’s Anderson Peters and German star Julian Weber hold the top two positions with 29 and 21 points, respectively.

Neeraj’s best throw of the season came during the Lausanne leg last month, where he threw 89.49m, which was his second-best throw ever. Out of all the finalists, only Peters has a better distance this season, throwing a Meet Record of 90.61m in Lausanne, breaking the previous record of 90.16 set by Keshorn Walcott in 2015

The men’s javelin throw event at the Diamond League Final will start at 11:52 PM IST on Saturday, September 14 at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels.

The event will be available to watch on the Viacom18 network. It will also be streamed live on the JioCinema app and website.

Hello and welcome to Sportstar’s live coverage of the Diamond League 2024 Final in Brussels where Neeraj Chopra is in action in the men’s javelin throw final.