Neeraj Chopra At Janusz Kusocinski Memorial Highlights: Indian Ace Finishes Second With 84.14m Throw; Julian Weber Wins Again

Greetings and a warm welcome to everyone who has joined us for some delectable javelin throw action. We will bring to you the build-up as well as live updates from Neeraj Chopra's event in Poland, so watch this space.

The javelin throw event of the Janusz Kusocinski Memorial begins at 9:45pm IST. The meet will be live streamed on . It will not be telecast on any TV channel in India.

Apart from Chopra, Weber and Peters, home favourite Marcin Krukowski (PB: 89.55m) and his compatriots Cyprian Mrzyglod (PB: 84.97m) and Roch Krukowski, Andrian Mardare (86.66m) of Moldova and Ukraine's Artur Felfner (PB: 84.32m) feature in tonight's event. Starting list below:

Chopra was supposed to be hosting the Neeraj Chopra Classic, a world-class athletics event in Bengaluru envisioned by the 27-year-old from Khandra, on May 24. But the India-Pakistan conflict put paid to those plans and the global athletics star is now instead in Poland to keep his season going.

It's time! Neeraj Chopra has arrived and the javelin throw event has begun in Chorzow. Poland's Roch Krukowski and Ukraine's Artur Felfner both begin with foul throws. Anderson Peters comes up with an 80.72m effort, first up. Julian Weber does marginally better with an 80.77m throw.

And here is Neeraj. He limbers up, gets into his stride and lets the spear fly, but doesn't get the desired rhythm and distance. The throw appeared to be just a shade over the 75m mark, and Chopra expectedly walks over the line to make it a foul throw. The Indian often does this to avoid getting sub-par throws registered in his name.

Chopra is able to get a bit more momentum going with his second throw, and registers an 81.28m effort now. But Julian Weber takes the early lead with a strong 86.12m to his name. Chopra third after Weber and Anderson Peters (81.48m) now.

Chopra's third throw has not been shown on live stream yet, amid other athletics events going on. But the official website shows an X, meaning another foul throw. Neeraj, with a second throw measuring 81.28m, is still third after Weber (86.12m) and Peters (83.24m).

Neeraj not getting the kind of rhythm he would like, and comes with another below-par effort that is between the 75m and 80m mark. He steps over the line again, and that's his third foul throw in four attempts.

Meanwhile, for those wondering where is Arshad Nadeem, the Pakistani javelin thrower will be headed to Gumi, Republic of Korea for the Asian Athletics Championships, scheduled for 27-31 May. From India, the likes of Jyothi Yarraji, Avinash Sable and Tejaswin Shankar will be in action there.

A marginal improvement for the Indian, who now registers 81.80m with his fifth and penultimate throw. This is only his second valid throw, the first one being pegged at 81.28m. He remains in third place behind Weber and Peters.

On an evening when things didn't go his way, Neeraj Chopra saves his (relative) best for the last, coming up with an 84.14m effort in his sixth and final throw to overtake Anderson Peters and finish second in Poland. Julian Weber takes first place with a best throw of 86.12m.

Chopra could not quite come close to his Doha Diamond League exploits, but finishes a creditable second nevertheless in Poland. This is, thus, the 22nd consecutive competition where Neeraj has ended up within the top two of the men's javelin throw field. Quite an extraordinary stat this, and one which is possibly unrivalled in the discipline since the turn of the century.