Up, up, and away! Neeraj’s first throw was ok to offer the Olympic champion the title.
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Once once more, his first throw turned out to be his greatest.
Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra defeated Grenada’s World champion Anderson Peters to win the Diamond League season-opener in Doha with a formidable World-leading 88.67m on Friday.
Peters had received the Diamond League gold in Doha final 12 months with a personal-best 93.07m however he has had a string of mediocre throws this season and Neeraj started because the favorite.
The Indian, the Diamond League Trophy winner final 12 months, took the honours together with his season-opening throw of 88.67 and then adopted it up with two 86-plus efforts (86.04 and 86.52) together with his second and final efforts.
Czech Republic’s Jakub Vadlejch was second with 88.63 whereas Peters was third with 85.88.
Eldhose flops
Meanwhile, Commonwealth Games triple bounce champion Eldhose Paul had a disappointing Diamond League debut, ending tenth with a wind-assisted 15.84m.
Eldhose, who has a season-best of 16.61m, which got here Indian Jumps Open in Ballari in March, and a private better of 16.99m, was in all probability nervous with a number of the world’s greatest round him. His opening try was his day’s greatest and his subsequent two learn 13.65 and 14.70, with all his jumps coming beneath a +2.2 wind.
Portugal’s Pedro Pichardo, the Olympic and World champion, received gold with 17.91m whereas Burkina Faso’s Hugues Fabrice Zango, the World chief this season, took silver with 17.81.
