Neeraj Chopra breaks own record in Doha

Neeraj Chopra, the star Indian javelin thrower shattered his own national record by clearing a distance of 87.43m en route finishing fourth in a star-studded field in the season-opening Diamond League series meeting on May 4, 2018. Neeraj, who recently won gold at the Commonwealth Games with a throw of 86.47m, was up against Olympic champion Thomas Rohler, world champion Johannes Vetter and Andreas Hoffman, all Germans and all in the 90m club. But the 22-year-old Indian was not intimidated as he sent the spear to 87.43m in his second attempt to better his earlier national mark of 86.48m. In the process, Neeraj beat 2017 London World Championships silver medalist Jakub Vadlejch of Czech Republic, who finished fifth with a best throw of 86.67m.

In This Pic : Neeraj Chopra, javelin, Doha Diamond League

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