It was a moment of prophecy fulfilled and history made at the Wanda Diamond League in Doha on 16 May 2025. Both Julian Weber and Neeraj Chopra crossed the 90-metre mark for the first time in their careers—an achievement Weber had predicted nearly eight months ago.
Back on 15 September 2024, the German javelin star had tweeted about his and Chopra’s exceptional 2024 season, confidently stating that they would both breach the 90m barrier the following year. On a humid evening in Doha, that foresight came alive.
Weber finished first with a spectacular 91.06m throw, securing the top spot in the men’s javelin final. Close behind was India’s Olympic and World Champion Neeraj Chopra, who recorded a career-best 90.23m to clinch second place. It was the first time both throwers had crossed the coveted 90m mark, a milestone they had long pursued.
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For Chopra, this throw was the culmination of years of chasing the elusive number, having come agonisingly close with an 89.94m effort in 2022. For Weber, it marked a new personal and national high point.
The Doha meet will be remembered not just for the distances thrown, but for the poetic timing—two of the world’s finest javelin athletes turning a shared vision into reality, on the very stage that had been circled in their calendars.
Julian Weber called it. Both delivered. And history now has it recorded.
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