Neerai Chopra throws 90.23 m, becomes 25th athlete to exceed 90m barrier in the spear

The Indian Star Javelin Neer Chopra finally violated an elusive 90 -meter brand with a stunning 90.23 m, but on Friday she had to settle for the second place behind German Julian Weber in a dramatic men’s spear on the leg in front of the prestigious diamond league. Neera with his third round became 25. Men in history that exceeded the elite 90 meters barrier in the men’s spear.

Crow 90.23 m also saw Neeraj Better his own national record of 89.94 m, which in 2022 set in Stockholm Diamond League.

Neeraj launched the competition with a solid first attempt at 88.44 m. His second attempt was a foul and he followed him with a record throwing of 90.23 m in the third round. His fourth throw measured 80.56 m, while the fifth was again a foul. He closed the final effort of 88.20 m.

With this performance, Neera is now placed on the 24th place in the men’s spears in the world, which throws over 90 meters. It is ahead of us at Max Dehning (90.20 m) and Trinidad and Tobago Keshorn Walcott (90.16 m) on the list of elite list. The leader of all time remains Neera’s coach, Czech legend Jan Zelezna, who holds a world record of 98.48 m in 1996.

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In the overall list of the best of the best throws, however, Neeraj 90.23 m ranks as 101. The best grade in history. He is also only the third Asian, who violated the 90m stamp, after the Pakistani Olympic champion Arshad Nada (92.97 m) and the Chinese Taipei Chao-tsun Cheng (91.36 m).

Interestingly, it was also the first throw of Julian Weber over 90 meters, which makes him 26. A man in history to achieve this performance.

Among 26 throws, who exceeded 90m brand, Germany leads a list with seven athletes, followed by Finland with four and the Czech Republic with two. Other countries include Grenada, Pakistan, Kenya, Russia, Greece, Norway, Great Britain, Chinese Taipei, USA, Latvia, Estonia and Trinidad and Tobago – along with Neera Chopra from India.

Here are 26 athletes who threw 90 plus and their best throws.

1 – Jan Zelenna (Jun) – 98.48
2 – John Vetter (GER) – 97.76
3 – Thomas Rohler (GER) – 93.90
4 – Aki Parviainen (Fin) – 93.09
5 – Andersen Peters (Gre) – 93,03
6 – Arshad Nadeem (then) – 92,97
7 – Julius Yego (Kena) – 92.72
8 – Sergey Makarov (Rus) – 92,61
9 – Raymond Hecht (Ger) – 92.60
10 – Andreas Hoffman (GER) – 92.06
11 – Konstantinos Gatsoudis (Gre) – 91.69
12 – Andreas Thorkildsen (Nor) – 91.59
13 – Country Pitkamaki (Fin) – 91.53
14 – Steve Backley (GBR) – 91.46
15 – Chao -thun Cheng (TPE) – 91.36
16 – Breaux Greer (USA) – 91.29
17 – Julian Weber (GER) – 91.06*
18 – Jakub Vadlejch (Jun) – 90.88
19 – Kimmo Kinnunen (Fin) – 90.82
20 – Vadim Vasilevsky (LAT) – 90.73
21 – Magnus Kirt (East) – 90.61
22 – Seppo Raty (Fin) – 90.60
23 – Boris Henry (Ger) – 90.44
24 – Neeraj Chopra (Ind) – 90,23*
25 – Max Dehning (GER) – 90.20
26 – Keshorn Walcott (Tto) – 90.16