When Diamond League rewrites national record ?

It was a typical start from Chopra at the Olympic Stadium in Stockholm - smooth on the runway and an easy release, the big tumble before the scratch line and then the raised hands after watching the javelin land. Chopra’s quest to break the mark the 24-year-old Indian javelin throw star came within six when he broke the national record for the second time in a month with an opening throw of 89.94 at the Stockholm Diamond League. Champion finished second to world champion Anderson apart from the national record, Chopra will also be pleased with the result in Stockholm because it was the first time he had finished in the top three in a Diamond League event. In his season opener at the Games, Chopra had rewritten his own record with 89.30 Chopra’s 89.94 was also a meet record before Peters bettered it in the third round with 90.31 a typical start from Chopra at the Olympic Stadium in Stockholm – smooth on the runway and an easy release, the big tumble before the scratch line and then the raised hands after watching the javelin land. Chopra was ahead of the eight-man field in the first two rounds. However, Peters, who has had an up-and-down phase, produced his third - throw of the season in the third round, which Chopra could not better. Thursday night proved he was in good with the javelin event at the World Championships in Oregon just three weeks away. After his national-record breaking throw he produced 84.37, 87.46, 84.77, 86.67 and 86.84 has three events under his belt ahead of the World Championships. At Stockholm, he showed no signs of discomfort from a slip on the runway at his previous event – the Games. In slippery conditions, Chopra had won the gold in with a throw of 86.69. He had winced in pain after looked in good shape. Weber finished third with a throw of 89.08 The two other podium finishers at the Tokyo Olympics Czech Republic’s Jakub and finished fourth and seventh of Chopra’s challengers, Finland’s Oliver who had got the better of him at the Games, had only one legal throw of 85.46 after which he fouled the next two. Diamond League competition in nearly four years, Chopra had said that the World Championships, the Commonwealth Games and the Diamond League were his big targets. Chopra is currently fourth in the Diamond League race after earning seven points for his second place finish. He has Monaco and Lausanne line up before the final in Zurich in September of the Diamond League held at 12 different venues – men’s javelin features in four – and the final at Zurich gets a diamond trophy and $40,000. But the Diamond League Champion gets boasting rights of being the most consistent athlete. Diamond League a top three place had eluded him. He had qualified for the final twice and 7th in 2017 and fourth a year later. Chopra had said: “I want  it all depends on the day. How the throwers manage with the kind of weather and conditions is important because it has an effect. My aim is also to achieve it at one of the competitions. I will not leave any stone unturned.”