- Neeraj Chopra won the gold medal in the season-opening Doha Diamond League with a world leading and career fourth best throw of 89.94 metres.
- India’s Olympic gold medalist won the Doha Diamond League by a margin of 0.04 metres.
- While silver medalist Jakub Vadlejch of Czech Republic threw a throw of 88.63m in the second round.
- Neeraj created history by winning the Diamond League trophy last year.
- Reigning world champion Anderson Peters of Granada, who won the event here last year with a monster throw of 93.07m, finished third with a modest best of 85.88m.
- It was the second time that Neeraj Chopra won a Diamond League meeting in his career. His first win came last year in Lausanne.
- Last year, Neeraj Chopra became the first Indian athlete to become the Diamond League champion by winning the Grand Final in Zurich in September.