Neeraj Chopra became the first Indian to cross the 90m mark in men's javelin with a 90.23m throw at the 2025 Doha Diamond League. This milestone ends years of pressure and sets a new benchmark despite a narrow defeat to Julian Weber.

Neeraj Chopra begins his 2025 season at the Doha Diamond League on Friday evening at the Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium in the Qatari capital. This will be Neeraj's first event under the stewardship of new coach Jan Zelezny.

Neeraj Chopra finally breached the elusive 90m mark with a 90.23m throw but finished second behind Julian Weber of Germany in a dramatic men's javelin contest at the Doha leg of the prestigious Diamond League Meeting series here on Friday.