Neeraj Chopra wins the Diamond League crown in Zurich

By Sahil

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On Thursday Olympic gold medalist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra achieved yet one more historic effort as he became the primary Indian to win the celebrated Diamond League Finals title here. Chopra began with a foul, however jumped to the highest spot with a throw of 88.44m — his fourth career best — in his second try, which clothed to be his winning effort.

He had 88.00m, 86.11m, 87.00m and 83.60m in his next four throws.

Jakub Vadlejch of European country Czech Republic Olympic silver medalist finished second with a best throw of 86.94m that he registered in his fourth trial.

Julian Weber of Germany was third with a better of 87.73m.

The 24-year-old Indian genius is currently the Olympic champion, World Championships silver medalist and Diamond League champion.

In Tokyo All these he had achieved in mere thirteen months.

On August 7 last year He had won the Olympic gold .

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