Neeraj Chopra bags silver in Janusz Kusocinski Memorial meet in Poland

India’s two-time Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra secured a second-place decorativeness successful the javelin propulsion astatine the Janusz Kusocinski Memorial conscionable successful Chorzów, Poland, connected Friday. Though Neeraj won his 3rd medal of the season, helium could not rather replicate his season-best show from the Doha Diamond League, which had besides bagged him a metallic medal. 

Battling bedewed conditions astatine the Janusz Kusocinski Memorial conscionable successful Chorzów, Chopra, considered India's greatest-ever athlete, struggled for his bushed but did capable to proceed his palmy tally successful the season.

With a below-par effort of 84.14m connected his sixth and last attempt, Chopra, who hails from Haryana and is employed with the Indian Army, edged past Grenada’s two-time satellite champion Anderson Peters, who managed a champion of 83.24m.

The 27-year-old Chopra, who hurled the spear past the 90m people for the archetypal clip successful Doha past week, had started his run astatine the Janusz Kusocinski Memorial with a foul and past followed it up with 81.20m and past made a deliberate 4 connected his adjacent attempt. Chopra, the aureate lad of Indian athletics, intentionally overstepped connected his adjacent crook and threw 81.80m with his 5th propulsion earlier achieving his champion region of the time successful his last attempt.

Germany’s Julian Weber continued his beardown signifier and erstwhile again got the amended of Chopra, clinching apical honours with a winning propulsion of 86.12m. Weber had hurled the javelin to 91.06m successful Doha to triumph the golden medal, which was besides the archetypal clip helium went past the 90 m people successful his career

The metallic successful Poland is the 3rd medal for the play for Neeraj Chopra, who made past by bagging a golden medal successful the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games and followed it up with a metallic medal successful Paris 2024.

Chopra started his play by winning the Potch Invitational Meet successful Potchefstroom, South Africa, with an 84.52m propulsion successful April earlier bettering his ain idiosyncratic champion and the nationalist grounds to 90.23m astatine the Doha Diamond League past week.

(This communicative was taken from a syndicated provender and was lone edited for benignant by Gujarat Samachar Digital team)