Diamond League 2022 : Neeraj Chopra 1st Indian To Win Diamond League Trophy

He threw 88.44m to finish on the top step of the podium!

On Thursday, September 8, Neeraj Chopra  became the first Indian to win the Diamond Trophy, the prestigious title in the finale of the Diamond League series in men’s javelin. 

As per the information, The 24-year-old, the Olympic champion from Tokyo, threw 88.44m to finish on the top step of the podium.

Neeraj finished ahead of Czech Republic's Jakub Vadlejch and Germany's Julian Webber to script history. The Indian javelin star began with a foul while Vadlejch took the lead in the first attempt with an 84.15m throw. However, Neeraj threw 88.44m in his 2nd attempt and it was not bettered till the end of the competition.

Neeraj then threw 88.00m in his 3rd attempt, 86.11m in his 4th attempt and 87.00m in his 5th and 83.60m in his final attempt. Vadlejch finished 2nd with a best attempt of 86.94m.

As per the information, Neeraj has won the Olympic Gold in 2021, the Asian Games Gold in 2018, the Commonwealth Games Gold in 2018, the World Athletics Championships silver in 2022. 

According to the statement, he had said that he would want to win the Diamond Trophy to complete the set and spoke about the importance of Diamond League events for him.

Neeraj walked the talk in Zurich on Thursday, topping the 6-man field, which also included Tokyo Olympics silver medalist Jakub Vadlecjh.