Neeraj Chopra beats Julian Weber with 88.16m throw, wins Paris Diamond League for first main title of 2025

Jun 21, 2025 06:51 AM IST

Neeraj Chopra defeated Julian Weber to clinch the Paris Diamond League title, on Friday.

Neeraj Chopra was in wonderful type in Paris on Friday, as he bagged his first Diamond League title in two years, upstaging Germany’s Julian Weber. The Indian javelin celebrity’s first throw of 88.16m noticed him win the title. Meanwhile, his second throw noticed him attain 85.10m after which he fouled in his subsequent three tries. Then in his sixth and remaining throw, he registered 82.89m.

Neeraj Chopra bagged first place in Paris.(Twitter)

Weber got here second along with his opening throw of 87.88m, adopted by Brazil’s Luiz Mauricio Da Silva, who obtained 86.62m in his second try.

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Here is the complete video of Chopra’s first throw in Paris:

Chopra had breached the 90m mark within the Doha Diamond League lately, with a throw of 90.23m, however needed to accept second place. In Doha, Weber gained gold, along with his final spherical throw of 91.06m.

Weber additionally beat Chopra on the Janusz Kusocinski Memorial meet in Poland, the place overcast and windy circumstances noticed the German get 86.12m. Meanwhile, Chopra got here second with a 84.14m throw.

Chopra gained his final Diamond League titlei n Lausanne in June 2023, with a throw of 87.66m. Since then, he has bagged second place in six Diamond League conferences.

The Paris Diamond League occasion noticed Arshad Nadeem as soon as once more lacking from motion, as he didn’t take part within the meet.

Here’s how the ultimate standings seemed like in Paris-

Neeraj Chopra: 88.16m
Julian Weber: 87.88m
Luiz Mauricio da Silva: 86.62m
Keshorn Walcott: 81.66m
Anderson Peters: 80.29m
Julius Yego: 80.26m
Andrian Mardare:76.66m
Remi Rougetet: 70.37m

Neeraj was additionally competing on the Paris Diamond League after eight lengthy years, having come eighth in 2017 with a greatest throw of 84.67m. The Paris leg was the eighth of the 15 conferences that make up the Diamond League 2025 season, with a two-day remaining in Zurich in August.

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