Neeraj Chopra bags 2nd spot in Diamond League Final 2025

India's star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra is in the news right now. He finished second in the Diamond League final held in Zurich, Switzerland. This was the third consecutive time he missed out on winning the title. Neeraj's best throw in the final was 85.01 meters, while Julian Weber of Germany managed to win the title while being number one. He has become the champion this time with a best throw of 91.51 meters. Current world champion Neeraj won the Diamond Trophy by winning the final in 2022, but after that he finished second in the years 2023, 2024 and 2025.

In the final, fans expected Neeraj Chopra to end the gold medal drought that had been going on for two years, but his first attempt was nothing special. He was able to throw only 84.35 in the first time, while on the other hand, Julian Weber of Germany took the lead by throwing 91.37 meters. Weber's second throw was also good and fell at 91.51 meters, meaning that his throw was better than the first, while Neeraj Chopra was able to throw the second throw at 82.00 meters. Neeraj's third throw was a foul. The fourth attempt was also a foul. He also fouled the fifth throw. In the sixth attempt, Neeraj put in a lot of effort and threw the javelin at 85.01 meters. Due to this throw, he overtook Keshorn Walcott and reached the second position. Meaning that Neeraj's best throw came in the last attempt.

Neeraj Chopra's Diamond League Final Performance

First Attempt - 84.35 meters

Second Attempt - 82.00 meters

Third Attempt - Foul

Fourth Attempt - Foul

Fifth Attempt - Foul

Sixth Attempt - 85.01 meters

A total of 7 athletes participated in the Diamond League Final held in Zurich, Switzerland. Among them, Julian Weber finished at number one, Neeraj Chopra finished at second. Trinidad and Tobago's Keshorn Walcott finished third. Anderson Peters finished fourth. See below what was the best throw of all the athletes in the final…

Julian Weber (Germany) - 91.51 meters
Neeraj Chopra (India) - 85.01 meters
Keshhorn Walcott (Trinidad and Tobago) - 84.95 meters
Anderson Peters (Grenada) - 82.06 meters
Julius Yego (Kenya) - 82.01 meters
Andrian Mardare (Moldova) - 81.81 meters
Simon Wieland (Switzerland) - 81.29 meters
Neeraj Chopra played two Diamond Leagues in 2025
In the year 2025, Neeraj Chopra participated in two Diamond League competitions. He had the best throw of his career (90.23 meters) in the Doha leg, at that time also he was at number 2. After this, Neeraj won the Paris leg with a throw of 88.16 meters. However, he did not play in the final. He had opted out of the Silesia and Brussels legs. He made it to the Diamond League final with a total of 15 points.

What does the athlete who becomes champion in the Diamond League Final get?

The player who wins the Diamond League Final gets the Diamond Trophy. Not only this, prize money ranging from 30 thousand dollars to fifty thousand dollars is also given. Along with this, he also gets a wild card for the World Athletics Championship. Neeraj missed out on winning all this. Now his next mission is the World Athletics Championship 2025 to be held next month, in which he would like to defend his title. This tournament is going to be held in Tokyo, the capital of Japan, from 13 to 21 September.