Olympic championNeeraj Chopra achieved a historic milestone on the Doha Diamond League 2025, changing into the first Indian to breach the 90-metre mark in worldwide competitors with a throw of 90.23m. Regardless of this private greatest, he completed second to Germany’s Julian Weber, who received with a throw of 91.06m.The achievement surpassed Chopra’s earlier private greatest and nationwide document of 89.94m, set on the 2022 Stockholm Diamond League.Go Past The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Chopra on social media platform X: “A spectacular feat! Congratulations to Neeraj Chopra for breaching the 90 m mark at Doha Diamond League 2025 and reaching his private greatest throw. That is the end result of his relentless dedication, self-discipline and fervour. India is elated and proud.”Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan additionally praised the achievement on X: “India’s golden star, Neeraj Chopra, has created historical past on the 2025 Doha Diamond League by breaking the 90-metre mark for the primary time. This isn’t solely an unprecedented achievement in his private profession but in addition a proud second for your complete nation. I heartily congratulate ‘Golden Boy’ Neeraj Chopra for this historic success and need him a vivid future.”Chopra shared his combined emotions concerning the end result after the competitors: “It’s a little bit bittersweet end result. I’m very completely happy for the 90m, however this second place — it really occurred to me additionally after I competed in Turku and Stockholm. I threw 89.94, and I used to be all the time second. And likewise right here. I broke the nationwide document and received second in the present day. However I’m very completely happy additionally for Julian Weber. He threw 91, so we each broke 90m for the primary time in the present day. Now we have been making an attempt this for therefore a few years, so lastly, we managed to get it.”The javelin thrower additionally spoke about his earlier bodily challenges: “I used to be all the time feeling one thing in my groin in the previous few years. I didn’t give my greatest due to that. This yr, I really feel a lot better.”Wanting ahead to the upcoming season, together with the World Championships, Chopra expressed confidence: “We can even work on some points, and so I consider I can throw greater than 90m within the upcoming occasions this yr.”
