Neeraj Chopra would have suffered a big loss in the Diamond League if he had not listened to this player

Neeraj Chopra had to be satisfied with the silver medal in the Paris Olympics. He had the best throw of the season but proved to be pale in front of Pakistan's javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem's throw of 92.97 meters. He was very disappointed by this. After this event, he went straight to Germany to participate in the Diamond League. Now there, Anderson Peters of Grenada has defeated Neeraj Chopra by throwing the javelin 90.61 meters. He had to stay in second place with a throw of 89.49 meters. Indian fans were sad to see Neeraj in second place. But do you know, this star athlete of India would not have gotten this position if he had not listened to an Olympic medalist?

Neeraj Chopra did not have a good start in the Lausanne Diamond League. He threw the javelin 82.10 meters in the first attempt. After this, by the fourth attempt, he was able to make a best throw of 83.21 meters. Anderson Peters was first with 88.49 meters, Julian Weber of Germany was second with 87.08 meters and Artur Felfner of Ukraine was third with 83.38 meters. Neeraj was out of the top-3. After this, he tried harder in the 5th attempt and threw 85.58 meters. With this, he came in the top-3.

Kenyan javelin thrower Julius Yego then spoke to Neeraj. He was told to stay calm. Yego, who had won silver in the Rio Olympics, explained to Neeraj and told him to just relax and the throw would be good. Neeraj benefited from this. In his last attempt, he did not think much and secured the silver medal by throwing the javelin at 89.49 meters. Not only this, he also improved his Olympic performance and achieved the best throw of the season.

Neeraj Chopra himself revealed the conversation between him and Julius Yego after the competition. He said that he was trying to do too much while throwing the javelin. Initially, he was thinking a lot about the throw, which was causing a loss. But with Yego's advice, he relaxed and tried without thinking in the final throw. This enabled him to give his best performance.

In the Diamond League, unlike the Olympics, no winner is selected and no medal is awarded. It is organized in 5 stages. In the first 4 stages, qualifiers are played, in which all the throwers get points. The qualifier round is organized in Doha, Paris, Lausanne and Zurich. After the qualifier round, the top 6 javelin throwers compete for the trophy in the final. So far, 3 stages have been completed and the fourth stage is to be held in Zurich, after which the names of the finalists will be decided.

The athlete who tops the rankings in each stage gets 8 points, second place gets 7, third gets 6, fourth gets 5 and the points keep decreasing according to the ranking. Neeraj could not participate in Paris due to playing in the Olympics. He got 7 points in Lausanne and is third in the Diamond League with 14 points. Anderson Peters is first with 21 points and Jakub Vadlejch is second with 16 points. Paris Olympics champion Arshad Nadeem is eighth with 10 points.