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NEW DELHI: India’s Olympic and World Champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra delivered a gritty efficiency in robust climate conditions to safe second place at the Janusz Kusocinski Memorial meet in Poland on Friday. Battling cold and damp environment at the Silesian Stadium, Chopra saved his finest for final — an 84.14m throw in his sixth and closing try — to climb from third to second.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!It was a uncommon sub-85m outing for Chopra, who has persistently surpassed that benchmark in latest years. This was solely the sixth time since his Tokyo Olympics gold in 2021 that Chopra didn’t breach 85m in an occasion. He started with a foul and managed simply 81.28m in his second try. Despite consulting coach Jan Zelezny mid-competitors, Chopra continued to battle, recording two extra fouls and a fifth-spherical 81.40m earlier than his closing effort saved the day.WATCH:Germany’s Julian Weber, Chopra’s acquainted rival and winner in the latest Doha Diamond League, once more outperformed the Indian with an 86.12m throw in the second spherical — the very best of the night time. Weber went on to provide two extra 85m-plus throws (85.03m and 85.11m), rising because the standout performer.Who’s that IPL participant?Grenada’s Anderson Peters, a two-time world champion, took third with 83.24m, replicating the highest-three order from Doha.All three podium finishers have been beneath their season’s bests, with slippery run-ups and overcast skies affecting rhythm and grip. The meet noticed solely 4 throws above 85m — all by Weber.

Chopra, who had breached the 90m mark for the primary time final month, will now deal with upcoming competitions in Paris (Diamond League, June 20) and Ostrava (Golden Spike, June 24).