Neeraj Chopra makes history yet again! The Olympic champion made athletics history on August 26 in Lausanne becoming the first Indian to win a Diamond League event. The said victory also helped Chopra to qualify for the Daimond League finals in Zurich next month.                                                                                                                                                                               

The javelin thrower, 24, who won silver at the World Championships in the USA last month—also a first for the nation—opened with a strong 89.08m, which ultimately proved to be the winning throw.

He recently had to skip the Commonwealth Game in Birmingham due to an injury, however, this time, had three valid throws (85.18 in second and 80.04 in sixth) in the event after passing his third and fifth attempts.

Jakub Vadlejch of the Czech Republic, the silver medalist from the Tokyo Olympics who started as the top seed in Lausanne with a season-best of 90.88m, came in second with an 85.88, and American Curtis Thompson came in third with an 83.72.

“I am delighted with my result tonight. 89m is a great performance. I am specially pleased as I am coming back from an injury and tonight was a good indicator that I have recovered well,” Chopra said after the event.

“I had to skip Commonwealth Games due to injury and I was a bit nervous. Tonight has given me a lot of confidence to finish the season on a high, with a strong performance in Zurich DL Final.”

Chopra became the first Indian to qualify for the Diamond League Finals, which will be held in Zurich on September 7 and 8. Despite the victory, he held onto fourth place with 15 points after adding 8 points on Friday. Top six finishers from the Lausanne leg advance to the Zurich Finals.

Chopra has also qualified for the 2023 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary by breaching the 85.20m qualifying mark. Chopra had placed second behind Peters in the renowned event's Stockholm leg with a national record throw of 89.94 metres, just 6 centimetres shy of the 90-meter threshold that serves as the industry's benchmark.

Despite the weaker eight-man field, Chopra led from the first throw to the finish of the competition, unlike the World Championships in Eugene, USA, where he didn't take the lead until the third round.

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