Neeraj Chopra's Participation In Lausanne Leg Of Diamond League Confirmed

21.06.2023 - 18:01 sports.ndtv.com

Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, who was recovering from a muscle strain, will return to action for the sixth stage of the Diamond League in Lausanne on June 30.

In the list released by the organisers of the prestigious athletics meet, the world number one Indian's name has been entered in the javelin throw event.

Besides Chopra, the names of top Indian athletes Jeswin Aldrin and Sreeshankar have been entered in long jump. "In the javelin, the Indian Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra will be challenged by the Czech Jakub Vadlejch and German Julian Weber," the official website of the competition stated recently.

Tokyo Olympics gold medallist Chopra had announced on Twitter last month that he had sustained a muscle strain during his training and, as a precautionary measure, he had pulled out of the FBK Games in the Netherlands (June 4) and the Paavo Nurmi meet in Finland (June 13).

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Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra on Monday admitted that he was in a quandary whether to go full throttle in Lausanne because he was returning from an injury and his fitness level was still not at the desired level. The star javelin clinched his second consecutive Diamond League title on June 30 with a throw of 87.66m -- an effort that was not close to his best in recent past. After the event, Chopra said that his next competition will be in Budapest. It means that he may miss a couple of international events before that.

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