Neeraj Chopra’s 88.05m Season Best Falls Just 9cm Short As Sri Lanka’s Rumesh Pathirage Clinches Lausanne Diamond League Gold | Video
Lausanne: Indian javelin ace Neeraj Chopra produced his best performance in more than a year but was pipped to the post by the rising Sri Lankan star Rumesh Pathirage for the top spot by a mere nine centimetres in the Lausanne Diamond League meet here on Friday. #LausanneDL Here we go: visuals of Neeraj Chopra's new season best 88.05m throw. No celebration, but he launched it nicely. Wanda…
Neeraj Chopra, the Indian javelin ace, threw his best performance in over a year at the Lausanne Diamond League meet but finished just nine centimeters shy of the gold by Sri Lankan rising star Rumesh Pathirage. Chopra, 28, registered an 88.05m throw in the second round, giving him the second spot in the nine-man field. This was his season's best throw, following his 88.16m throw at the Paris Diamond League in June 2025.
On the other hand, Pathirage, 23, overtook Chopra with his third-round throw of 88.14m. Other notable performances included Anderson Peters of Grenada with 86.69m in third place, reigning world champion Keshorn Walcott of Trinidad and Tobago with 83.71m in fourth, and Curtis Thompson of the USA with 78.13m in sixth.
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