Neeraj Chopra Paris Diamond League 2025 Live Updates: India javelin star faces Julian Weber challenge again

At the Janusz Kusocinski Memorial a week later, in chilly conditions not ideal for throwing, Neeraj struggled for most of the event but Weber was operating in a zone that no one else in the field was. While the Indian star did manage to come up with 84.14m with his last throw (and extended his run of finishing in the top two to 22 events since June 2021), Weber threw thrice beyond 85m while no one else managed to even once.

Last year, Neeraj had missed the Paris Diamond League in order to prepare for the Olympics where he snapped up silver with a throw of 89.45m. He last competed in the Paris DL in 2017 as a junior world champion and finished fifth with a throw of 84.67m. Read preview of Paris DL here.

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India's Neeraj Chopra in action during the Men's Javelin Throw in Doha (Reuters)

Neeraj Chopra at Paris Diamond League: Javelin star set for another battle with Julian Weber

In his Instagram post at the end of the 2024 season, Neeraj Chopra – reflecting on a year that wasn’t up to his high standards but still saw him keep his place on the Olympic podium and continue his streak of top-two finishes – wrote about his learnings and setbacks. “While I couldn’t meet my own expectations, I feel this was a season in which I learned a lot. I am now determined to return, fully fit and ready to go.” One of the replies to that post came from Julian Weber, who had finished a disappointing 6th at Paris 2024. The German wrote: “Such a great season bro, next year 90m will be easy for us.” And followed that with a muscle flex emoji.