NEW DELHI: Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra will start his season on the diamond league assembly in Doha on May 5, as one of the most most sensible attracts in a star-studded box.
The 25-year-old Chopra, the reigning Diamond League champion after successful the grand finale in September remaining, will sign up for the sector champion Anderson Peters of Grenada and Olympic silver medalist Jakub Vadlejch of the Czech Republic within the first meet of the 14-leg one-day sequence of the season.
Chopra, who has a private highest of 89.94m which he completed whilst completing 2nd eventually 12 months’s Stockholm Diamond League assembly, is recently coaching in Turkiye. He might be there until May 31.
Due to an harm, the Indian famous person neglected the 2022 Doha Diamond League Meeting the place Peter’s despatched the spear to 93.07m, the fifth-longest throw in historical past, to win the identify. World Championships bronze medalist Vadlejch had completed 2nd with a private highest throw of 90.88m.
Alongside the adorned trio, the Doha Meeting may also see European champion Julian Weber of Germany, the Olympic and global fourth-place finisher with a highest of 89.54m, former Olympic champion Keshorn Walcott (PB: 90.16m) of Trinidad & Tobago, former global champion and 2016 Olympic silver medalist Julius Yego (PB: 92.72m) of Kenya.
One of the objectives for Chopra, the primary Indian Olympic gold medalist in observe and box, this 12 months might be to move the 90m mark, the gold usual on the planet of javelin.
“I’m also getting closer to the 90m mark, so it would mean a lot for me to break that barrier,” he mentioned.
“While last year was a good year for me with a new personal best, world silver medal, and the win of the Wanda Diamond League, this year brings new opportunities. My goal for this summer is the World Championships, alongside the Asian Games and the defense of my Wanda Diamond League title.”
After scripting historical past on the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, Chopra gained a silver within the 2022 World Championships in USA, the place Peters gained gold, however did not shield the Commonwealth Games gold, he had gained in 2018, on the version Birmingham remaining 12 months because of an harm.
He, then again, recovered in time from the harm — which he had sustained throughout the World Championships — to win the Diamond League Finals in Switzerland.
“I’m always overwhelmed by the warm support I get from Indians across the world and in Qatar that is particularly special, so I’m looking forward to opening my 2023 Wanda Diamond League season in Doha alongside a group of incredible athletes, in front of a passionate crowd.”
The 2023 Diamond League contains 14 conferences, beginning with Doha on the Qatar Sports Club on May 5 and concluding with a unmarried ultimate throughout two days in Eugene, USA (September 16-17).
The 25-year-old Chopra, the reigning Diamond League champion after successful the grand finale in September remaining, will sign up for the sector champion Anderson Peters of Grenada and Olympic silver medalist Jakub Vadlejch of the Czech Republic within the first meet of the 14-leg one-day sequence of the season.
Chopra, who has a private highest of 89.94m which he completed whilst completing 2nd eventually 12 months’s Stockholm Diamond League assembly, is recently coaching in Turkiye. He might be there until May 31.
Due to an harm, the Indian famous person neglected the 2022 Doha Diamond League Meeting the place Peter’s despatched the spear to 93.07m, the fifth-longest throw in historical past, to win the identify. World Championships bronze medalist Vadlejch had completed 2nd with a private highest throw of 90.88m.
Alongside the adorned trio, the Doha Meeting may also see European champion Julian Weber of Germany, the Olympic and global fourth-place finisher with a highest of 89.54m, former Olympic champion Keshorn Walcott (PB: 90.16m) of Trinidad & Tobago, former global champion and 2016 Olympic silver medalist Julius Yego (PB: 92.72m) of Kenya.
One of the objectives for Chopra, the primary Indian Olympic gold medalist in observe and box, this 12 months might be to move the 90m mark, the gold usual on the planet of javelin.
“I’m also getting closer to the 90m mark, so it would mean a lot for me to break that barrier,” he mentioned.
“While last year was a good year for me with a new personal best, world silver medal, and the win of the Wanda Diamond League, this year brings new opportunities. My goal for this summer is the World Championships, alongside the Asian Games and the defense of my Wanda Diamond League title.”
After scripting historical past on the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, Chopra gained a silver within the 2022 World Championships in USA, the place Peters gained gold, however did not shield the Commonwealth Games gold, he had gained in 2018, on the version Birmingham remaining 12 months because of an harm.
He, then again, recovered in time from the harm — which he had sustained throughout the World Championships — to win the Diamond League Finals in Switzerland.
“I’m always overwhelmed by the warm support I get from Indians across the world and in Qatar that is particularly special, so I’m looking forward to opening my 2023 Wanda Diamond League season in Doha alongside a group of incredible athletes, in front of a passionate crowd.”
The 2023 Diamond League contains 14 conferences, beginning with Doha on the Qatar Sports Club on May 5 and concluding with a unmarried ultimate throughout two days in Eugene, USA (September 16-17).