Sri Lanka’s Rumesh Tharanga produced another great performance of his career to win the men’s javelin event at the Doha Diamond League with a remarkable throw of 88.68 metres. Competing against a world-class field, Tharanga delivered the winning effort to finish ahead of Grenada’s Anderson Peters, who recorded 86.38m, and American Curtis Thompson, who threw 85.99m.

India’s Olympic and world champion Neeraj Chopra finished fourth with a best throw of 85.69m.