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Neeraj Chopra to compete in Lausanne Diamond League on Friday

A good show in Lausanne can ensure Chopra a berth in the Diamond League Finals in Zurich on September 7 and 8 as he is at fourth spot in the standings. The top six in the standings will make the Zurich Finals. The Lausanne event is the last leg which has a men's javelin throw competition. The 24-year-Chopra had pulled out of the Birmingham Commonwealth Games last month due to the injury he had suffered during the final of the World Championships on July 24 in Eugene, USA, where he had won a historic silver. He pulled out of the Birmingham CWG (July 28-August 8) just two days before the start of the multi-sport event as he was advised a four-week rest by his medical team. He then underwent rehabilitation in Germany. "Feeling strong and ready for Friday. Thanks for the support, everyone. See you in Lausanne!" Chopra tweeted.

"Feeling Strong And Ready": Neeraj Chopra To Participate In Lausanne Diamond League

After missing the Commonwealth Games 2022, Tokyo Olympics javelin gold medallist Neeraj Chopra on Tuesday announced that he will be representing India in Lausanne Diamond League, starting from Friday. Taking to Twitter Neeraj Chopra said that he is feeling strong and ready for the upcoming event. "Feeling strong and ready for Friday. Thanks for the support, everyone. See you in Lausanne!" Neeraj tweeted. Earlier in July, star Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra was ruled out of Commonwealth Games.

Reekie hoping she is through low point in career

Jemma Reekie believes she has finally battled through the lowest point of her career after bringing a gruelling summer of athletics to an end in Munich. The Kilbarchan middle distance star has endured a torrid year both on and off the track after struggling with glandular fever and failing to qualify for both the World Championship or Commonwealth Games finals in her preferred 800m event. Ad But Reekie, who narrowly missed out on an Olympic medal in Tokyo last summer, defied her initial instincts to compete at this week's European Championships to finish a brave fifth in last night's 800m final as teammate Keely Hodgkinson won gold.

Hodgkinson kept it simple on the way to first major gold

Keely Hodgkinson believes keeping things simple and trusting her instinct fired her to a long-awaited major championship gold. The Olympic silver medallist won the European 800m title on Saturday night after breezing to victory ahead of Renelle Lamote and Anna Wielgosz in Munich. Ad Hodgkinson, 20, followed up her breakthrough Tokyo medal with silvers at this summer's World Championships and Commonwealth Games after being beaten by Athing Mu in Eugene and then stunned by Mary Moraa in Birmingham.

Champion Akane Yamaguchi cruises in badminton worlds opener

Japan's Yamaguchi beat Indonesia's Gregoria Mariska Tunjung 21-12, 21-15 in front of an appreciative home crowd in Tokyo to kick off her hunt for a second straight world title. "I wasn't really nervous but you do get players who lose in the first round and go straight out, so I was really focused on getting the result," said 25-year-old Yamaguchi. "I never felt that I had any breathing space until towards the end of the second game.

Kejuaraan Dunia 2022: Gregoria Kandas di Tangan Akane

Gregoria Mariska hadapi Akane Yamaguchi di babak 32 besar Kejuaraan Dunia Bulutangkis 2022. Gregoria kalah dua gim langsung, 12-21 dan 15-21.

Celebrated boxer Mary Kom undergoes ACL surgery

The veteran boxer had torn her ACL when she twisted her knee in the first few minutes of her 48kg bout during the the Commonwealth Games selection trials in June. The surgery was done at a Mumbai hospital. "Mary had an ACL injury in her knee for which she underwent surgery today in Mumbai," Mary Kom's coach Chhote Lal Yadav told PTI.

BWF Worlds: Mum's the word for record-breaking shuttler Zilberman

At 25, Belarus-born Svetlana was considered too old to be picked for the Soviet Union's team for the championships when she was in the prime of her career. Now, almost four decades later, she is playing on the sport's highest stage and became the competition's oldest-ever winner when she and Misha won their first-round mixed doubles match on Monday. "They said I was old when I was 25 -- now I am a young woman," Svetlana told AFP on Tuesday.

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Neeraj Chopra to compete in Lausanne Diamond League on Friday

"Feeling Strong And Ready": Neeraj Chopra To Participate In Lausanne Diamond League

Reekie hoping she is through low point in career

Hodgkinson kept it simple on the way to first major gold

Champion Akane Yamaguchi cruises in badminton worlds opener

Kejuaraan Dunia 2022: Gregoria Kandas di Tangan Akane

Celebrated boxer Mary Kom undergoes ACL surgery

BWF Worlds: Mum's the word for record-breaking shuttler Zilberman