The eyes of every Indian were glued to how Neeraj Chopra would perform as he began his 2025 season with the all-important Doha Diamond League 2025 that was held on May 16 (Friday) at the Suheim bin Hamad Stadium. He created history by breaching the 90m mark for the first time, thus ending his and millions of his wait. However, despite this, he could not taste victory, as he came second.

Neeraj Chopra hit a throw of 90.23m in his third attempt at the Men's Javelin Throw event of the Doha Diamond League. However, this remained his best attempt out of the six attempts in the event. Germany's Julian Weber was closely breathing down his neck, as he hit an 89.84m in his fifth attempt. This means that after five of the six rounds, it was Neeraj who was in the lead.

However, the event was completely turned on its head in the final round of throws. In his final throw, Neeraj hit 88.20m, which means that the 90.23m attempt was his best throw. Julian Weber then went on to break the hearts of millions of Indians as he hit a 91.06m throw in his final attempt.

This meant that Weber's best throw came in his last attempt, as he overtook the star Indian athlete in just the last second. Neeraj thus finished second despite creating history.

With his 90.23m throw, Neeraj Chopra became the first Indian to breach the 90m mark. He became the 25th athlete in history across all nations to breach this mark. The previous best throw by an Indian javelin thrower was by Neeraj himself, as he hit 89.94m in the Stockholm Diamond League in 2022.

Apart from Neeraj Chopra, Kishore Jena was the other Indian participating in the mega athletics event. He finished 8th with a best throw of 78.6m.