Neeraj Chopra seems to seal Diamond League Finals spot on return to motion in Lausanne

Neeraj Chopra will return to motion on Friday, August 26 on the Lausanne Diamond League in Switzerland. The Tokyo Olympics champion will look to regain prime type as he’s again in motion after having missed the Commonwealth Games because of a minor groin harm.

Neeraj Chopra didn’t defend his title on the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham as he opted out of the Games to cope with the groin difficulty he had picked up throughout his historic silver medal-winning end on the Eugene World Championships in July.

Neeraj Chopra has a chance to cement his place within the Diamond League Finals, scheduled for September 7 and eight in Zurich. The 24-year-old is presently 4th on the Diamond League qualifiers standing in males’s javelin. Only the highest 6 on the finish of the Lausanne meet will make it to the Diamond League Finals.

The Lausanne occasion is the final leg which has the boys’s javelin throw competitors.

Tokyo Olympics silver medalist Jakub Vadlejch, who might be in motion in Lausanne, is on prime of the qualifiers standing with 20 factors.

Germany’s Julian Weber is on the 2nd spot with 19 factors whereas reigning world champion Anderson Peters is on the third spot with 16 factors.

Neeraj Chopra is within the 4th spot with 7 factors that he gained from ending 2nd on the Stockholm Diamond League.

While Vadlejch might be in motion with Neeraj on Friday, each Weber and Peters, who was injured throughout an assault on a ship in Grenada, will miss the Lausanne meet.

London Olympics champion Keshorn Walcott, who has not been in the perfect of varieties, can be within the fray.

Three athletes who’re beneath Chopra within the Diamond League standings — Latvians Gatis Cakss and Patriks Gailums, and Curtis Thompson of USA — are additionally participating in Lausanne Diamond League.

As of August 25, 2022

All eyes might be on Neeraj on Friday because it stays to be seen how far the Indian star can hurl the spear after having undergone rehabilitation in Germany. Neeraj broke his personal nationwide report and achieved a brand new private better of 89.94 on the Stockholm Diamond League.

He completed with a silver medal on the World Championships with 88.13m. Neeraj might be eager on breaching the 90m-mark but it surely stays to be seen whether or not Chopra will push himself exhausting on return to motion.

There had been doubts over Neeraj’s participation within the Lausanne Diamond League however the star javelin thrower mentioned earlier this week that he was feeling prepared for the comeback.

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