Neeraj Chopra finishes second in Janusz Kusocinski Memorial Meet with a best throw of 84.14 m

Neeraj Chopra on Friday finished second in Janusz Kusocinski Memorial Meet in Poland with best throw of 84.14 m. in his last attempt.

The star athlete, however, ended up with a silver medal, behind Germany's Julian Weber, whose best throw was 86.12 m.

It was a slow start for Chopra, who started with a foul throw on his first attempt. He followed it up with an 81.28 m-throw in the second round but registered consecutive foul throws in the third and fourth attempts.

Neeraj bettered his initial throw of 81.28m with an 81.80m-throw in the fifth round before grabbing second place in his last attempt of 84.14m.

This is the 22nd consecutive event where Neeraj has finished inside the top two. The last time he finished outside the top two was at the Kuortane Games in Finland on June 26, 2021.

Last week, the two-time Olympic medalist had breached the 90 m mark for the first time at the Diamond League in Doha. There too, Chopra had finished second, behind Weber who stole the show with a winning throw of 91.06 m.

The Indian star will feature next at the Ostrava at the Ostrava Golden Spike meeting in the Czech Republic on June 24.