Neeraj Chopra finished second in Diamond League, Sri Lanka’s fast bowler wins again

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Neeraj Chopra: India’s star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra had to face defeat at the hands of Sri Lanka’s Rumesh Pathirage in the Diamond League.

Neeraj Chopra: India’s star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra had to face defeat at the hands of Sri Lanka’s Rumesh Pathirage in the Diamond League. In this league, Neeraj stood second while Pathirage captured the first position by a margin of just 9 cm. Let us tell you, Rumesh has played cricket at junior level in Sri Lanka and he used to bowl fast.

Neeraj Chopra missed winning the title

In fact, on Friday, August 21, in Lausanne, Switzerland, an exciting contest was seen between Neeraj Chopra and Rumesh Pathirage in the Men’s Javelin Throw in the Diamond League. In this league, Neeraj performed brilliantly and made a season best throw of 88.05 meters, but he missed winning the title by just 9 centimeters. At the same time, Sri Lanka’s Rumesh Pathirage secured first place with a throw of 88.14 meters.

Also read: CWG 2026: India’s double blast in javelin throw, Neeraj Chopra won silver, Yashveer Singh won bronze.

Rumesh Pathirage secured first place

28-year-old Indian star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra threw at a distance of 88.05 meters in his second attempt in the Diamond League, which was his best performance this season. However, 23 year old Sri Lankan player Rumesh Pathirage achieved first place with a throw of 88.14 metres. Let us tell you, Pathirage is continuously performing brilliantly this season.

Had registered victory last year

Let us tell you, last year Neeraj Chopra performed brilliantly in the Paris Diamond League and won by throwing the javelin 88.16 meters. Now in the Lausanne Diamond League, he has secured second place by throwing a distance of 88.05 meters. Anderson Peters of Grenada stood third in this league, who threw 86.69 meters.

Neeraj has lost to the same athlete for the second time in just 3 weeks. Earlier, during the Commonwealth Games 2026 played in Glasgow, Neeraj had to lose to Rumesh, due to which he got the silver medal.

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