Neeraj Chopra has won his first major event of 2025 with an emphatic win in the Paris Diamond League, with a best throw of 88.16m. Germany's Julian Weber finished second with a best throw of 87.88m while Brazil's Luiz da Silva bettered his personal best with a best of 86.62m.
Neeraj, who had not beaten Weber in two previous attempts this year, threw his best in his first attempt itself. After that he hit a steady 85.10m, before fouling out thrice in succession and ending the night with a low 82.89m.
Weber had six legitimate attempts, but his best too came in the first attempt. His next best was an 86.20m in his second attempt, while he could not recreate his Doha Diamond League exploits with his sixth throw being his lowest mark of the night (81.08m).
da SIlva, meanwhile, had a curious evening. Five of his throws were in the 75-79m range, but with a stark outlier on his third attempt, he hit 86.62m to better his own personal best (and South American record).
Former world champion and Paris Olympics bronze medalist Anderson Peters, meanwhile, had a disappointing outing with a best throw of 80.29m and a fifth placed finish. In fact, he only crossed 80m twice on the night.
Here's how the final standings looked like:
Neeraj Chopra: 88.16m
Julian Weber: 87.88m
Luiz Mauricio da Silva: 86.62m
Keshorn Walcott: 81.66m
Anderson Peters: 80.29m
Julius Yego: 80.26m
Andrian Mardare:76.66m
Remi Rougetet: 70.37m
The Paris DL also saw fantastic performances in other events. Olympic gold and silver medalists Marileidy Paulino and Salwa Eid Naser ran a classic in the women's 400m as they took first and second, Marileidy breaking the meet record with a run of 48.81s and Salwa finishing just 0.04s behind.
Elsewhere, Paris Olympics silver and bronze medalists Faith Cherotich and Peruth Chemuti ran a race of their own in the women's 3000m steeplechase as Cherotich clocked the sixth fastest time in history, a personal best 8:53.37 with Chemutai just 1.04s behind.
The great Yaroslava Mahuchikh, meanwhile, was pipped to the win in the women's high jump by Nicola Olyslagers as she remained the only competitor to clear 2.00m on the night.
You can relive all the action right here on our live blog, as it happened: