On Not Being Shown On TV During Cricket World Cup 2023 Final, Neeraj Chopra's 'Diamond League' Reply

05.12.2023 - 03:49 sports.ndtv.com

India faced Australia in a much-anticipated clash but Rohit Sharma and Co were defeated as the Aussies marched on to a record-extending sixth world title.

During a recent interview with Indian Express, Neeraj was asked about the broadcasters not featuring him on the giant screen or the television while a host of celebrities were shown on camera.

The track and field athlete was not bothered by the question and he came up with a perfect reply. Neeraj said that he was not thinking about the camera showing him and requested the broadcasters to show events like the Diamond League properly. "I want them to show me when I compete.

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Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, who won a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics 2020 and is currently the reigning world champion, was in attendance at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad during the Cricket World Cup 2023. India faced Australia in a much-anticipated clash but Rohit Sharma and Co were defeated as the Aussies marched on to a record-extending sixth world title. During a recent interview with Indian Express, Neeraj was asked about the broadcasters not featuring him on the giant screen or the television while a host of celebrities were shown on camera. The track and field athlete was not bothered by the question and he came up with a perfect reply. Neeraj said that he was not thinking about the camera showing him and requested the broadcasters to show events like the Diamond League properly.

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In a significant development, the Athletics Federation of India on Sunday decided to stop running national camps for elite athletes after the Paris Olympics, leaving the door open for public and private entities to take care of the top players. "We have decided to wind up national senior training camps after Paris (next year). We have communicated this to the sports ministry, which has appreciated our move," AFI president Adille Sumariwalla said on the concluding day of the federation's AGM."There are so many good facilities at SAI NCOEs (National Centres of Excellence). Reliance, JSW, Tata and other private entities also have good facilities. They have made huge investments and appointed foreign coaches.

AFI To Stop National Camps After Paris; Will Leave Door Open For Public, Private Entities

Make Track And Field Events More Attractive And Marketable: Neeraj Chopra

Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra on Wednesday emphasised on making track and field athletics events more attractive and marketable for Indian fans. The Tokyo Olympics gold medallist, with which he became the first Indian to stand on the podium in track and field events at the sporting showpiece, shared his thoughts on what ails this discipline of athletics in the country. "First of all, I feel that the international competitions where we compete such as the Diamond League, Continental Tours, and World Athletics Championships, should be broadcast in India. "Currently, we only get to watch the highlights though people want to watch the athletics, they stay up till 1-2 am in the night, and wait for the athlete to play but they face disappointment after not being able to watch," Chopra said.

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Suryakumar Yadav is excited to captain India in the T20s against Australia but says it will take time to move on from the heartbreaking loss in the ODI World Cup final three days ago. The scheduling in international cricket is such that both India and Australia will return to the field in the opening game of the five-match T20 series starting here on Thursday, albeit with a different set of players, 96 hours after the World Cup final in Ahmedabad. Surya, who could have done more in India's near-perfect campaign in the World Cup, was expectedly asked about the ill-fated Sunday night on the eve of the T20 series opener. "It is difficult it will take time, it can't be that you wake up next morning and you forget everything what happened. It was a long tournament. We would have loved to win it," said Surya, who will lead the side in Hardik Pandya's absence.