Chopra finishes second in Janusz Kusocinski meet
New Delhi, May 24 -- A week after breaking the elusive 90-metre barrier at the Diamond League in Doha, Neeraj Chopra won second place at the Janusz Kusocinski Memorial in Chorzow, Poland with a best throw of 84.14 metres. With this result, he has maintained a streak of 22 consecutive events, starting June 2021, where he has not finished outside the top two.
This time though Chopra saved his best for the last, overtaking Anderson Peters with his final throw. The event was won by Julian Weber of Germany, who threw 86.12 metres in his second attempt to establish an early lead and he kept it till the end with a very consistent performance.
For most of the competition, Chopra struggled - his best over the first five rounds was just 81.80 metres,...
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