The author Dennis Louane once wrote: “We live at night and dance quickly, so the grass cannot grow under our feet. That’s our religion.” Against a glass, glitter and a shimmering bay of Doha, it was such a night at the Suheim bin Hamad stadium. The night when the talent embraced fate, a moment that should come for a long time when the Indian Neer Chopra and German Julian Weber crossed the border, this track and field observers believe it was contemptuous. Yet for a nation fed with fast fire T20 hundreds, Chopra, provided that the perfect distraction threw 90.23 in its third throw of the night; His first 90 plus threw into a shimmering career that has seen him that it brings the Indian first Olympic (Tokyo) track and the World Championship (Budapest).
Weber Weber, prone to injuries and indifferent form, the European Junior Champion back in 2013, ensured that Doha would be the highlight of his career, throwing 91.06 in his last and 6th.
Doha Diamond League: emphasizing
Usually they are stars that normally catch the fans’ imagination. This time, however, Javelin was, despite the fact that probably the best sprinter in the world, the double Olympic champion Jamaica, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce first competed in Diamond League. Fraser was defeated in 4th place, Jamaican Tia Clayton and her twins Tina raised the first two places; Jamaican sprinting stables never close.
Under the clear sky, it was clear that Chopra was in his element. Those who watched his career can do it when he warms. Its relaxed, relaxed behavior is always a sign of good, consistent throwing, something he has always maintained. Not with Chopra, you will see a feast under par. His consistency, as most spears in the world says, has the highest order. Julius YEGO, who could end up to 9. With 78.52 and is a former world champion in 2015 and Olympic medalist of Olympic silver 2016, with the personal best of 92.72, once said about Chopra: “He is not.
For someone who has always compiled a shortage of 90 meters plus throws, Chopra has the consistency and laser focus reminiscent of Edwin Moses, an American legendary 400 meters of Hurdler and the two -time Olympic and World Championships that once went to 122 undefeated races.
The disappointment for Chopra was Paris, where he was defeated by this monstrous throw of 92.97 from Pakistani Arshad Nade. Chopra is Chopra’s credit that the whole nation, including Chopry, went to the spiral of depression. At any other age, the era of the Olympic silver would send Earth to ecstasy. But the analysts first saw that Chopra had melted. Cold, calm, composite, steadfast Chopra for the first time let the pressure get to him; The champion looked human, fragile, breakable. At six throws he had only one valid at 89.45, an incredible five mistakes. The coach’s change looked immediate and probably entered probably the biggest javelin thrower of all time, Jan Zelezna, who also holds a world record of 98.48, yes, you read it right! The Zelezna is three times the Olympic and World Champion. For men like Chopra, Bred-in-Bone Integrity, it is rooted to give him everything. Chopra is not someone who looks at sport or javelin as a means of target. It’s over for him. Especially until there is an athlete and compete. Even for coaches like Zeleznína, they see and embark on brands that would not only strengthen the athletes of Chopra, but also the coach of the coach; It is a characteristic feature of great coaches around the world.
Weber’s first two throws 83,82 and 85,87, at least had no indicators that could release what he could release from the sky. His third out of 89.06 was the one who probably gave him confidence that he came out, the running technique and almost bending on the floor after the throw. So different from Chopry’s blazing run, turning the left when the spear rises with the Indian flooring, barely controlled momentum. Maybe in September it will reach Tokyo at the World Championship in Tokyo, you can see a gentle scattering in this technique.
Chopra’s third hour was without throwing, rising as the world champion stood with his arms outstretched, a sign that it was great. After eight years and nine months, from the day he won the World Championship in IAAF 2016 U20 in Bydgoszcz, Poland, Chopra exceeded 90 meters.
German 4 and 5th throw 88,05 and 89,84 held him in hunting. Chopra 4. He was a sub-par 80.56 as 6. Fauled seemed that the Indian could reject German and pick up points with world leadership. But the night in Doha, the slight rear wind that blows from the bay was more kind to Weber when the spear rose, gravity, which gave her a few more seconds in the air before dropping it to the other side 91, exactly, 91.06. It was a thriller of the competition. If it was poker, Weber, he seemingly ripped off the “pot”, he played, if he could call it, a little blind.
Doha Night belonged to Weber. Anderson Peters, a double world champion, who has the best of 93.07, finished 3.
Weber, of course, couldn’t stop going. “I don’t know how it happened because the previous weeks weren’t that good for me, but I had a good feeling. Time and it was really strange to achieve that today.
Chopra, after a photo -OP with Weber, said, “I’m very happy for 90 meters, but this second place – in fact, it happened to me when I competed in Turk and Stockholm. I threw 89.94 and I was always second.
After Doha, Optimism will run high, because Weber and Chopra have cleared the season when fans are now looking for the World Championship in Tokyo. Before Chopra compete for the Athletics Golden Spike 2025 meetings in Ostrava in the Czech Republic, 24 June. The Arshad Olympic champion will appear at Asian athletic championships in Korea.
Now with the psychological barrier of an elusive 90 meters, they have been supporting it and supported it, similar to the “Bundini” supporting Muhammad Ali, Chopra can now look forward to creating more excitement, overwriting India and the history of world spears with soft words and virtuosity.
Published:
Kingshuk Kusari
Published on:
17th May 2025
