• Olympic medal-winning Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra clinched his first Diamond League title in two years, upstaging German rival Julian Weber in Paris on June 21.

• The 27-year-old Chopra won the title with his first round throw of 88.16m.

• His second throw measured 85.10m and he then fouled his next three attempts before recording 82.89m in his sixth and final effort.

• Weber was second with his opening throw of 87.88m, while Luiz Mauricio Da Silva of Brazil was third with his third round attempt of 86.62m.

• Chopra had won his previous Diamond League title in Lausanne in June 2023 with a throw of 87.66m. After that, he finished second in six Diamond League meets.

• This was his first win in the Paris leg of the prestigious series. 

• Chopra had breached the 90m mark in the Doha leg of the Diamond League on May 16 with a throw of 90.23m for a second place finish. 

• Weber had won the title in Doha with his last round throw of 91.06m.

• The 31-year-old Weber had also beaten Chopra at the Janusz Kusocinski Memorial meet on May 23 in Poland where both performed below their best under chilly and overcast conditions.

• The Paris leg was the eighth of the 15 meetings that make up the Diamond League 2025 season, which will culminate with a two-day final in Zurich, Switzerland in August.

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