Neeraj Chopra might be aiming to realize the uncommon feat of successful back-to-back Diamond League Finals. Reuters
Preview: After his heroics in World Athletics Championships in Budapest final month, ace javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra might be aiming so as to add one other gold medal to his assortment when he defends his Wanda Diamond League title within the season finale in Eugene, USA on Saturday.
Chopra had develop into the primary Indian to win gold within the Diamond League ultimate, reaching a top-of-the-podium end with a greatest throw of 88.44m in Zurich in September final 12 months. The victory got here two months after he gained silver on the World Championships at Eugene’s Hayward Discipline.
And it’s by the way in Eugene within the Pacific-Northwestern state of Oregon the place Chopra returns, this time eyeing back-to-back Diamond League Closing wins.
Chopra, who turned solely the second Indian to win a person Olympic gold medal in Tokyo in 2021, achieved one other first final month when he turned the primary Indian to win a gold medal within the World Championships.
Chopra completed forward of Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem and Czech Republic’ Jakub Vadlejch with a greatest throw of 88.17 metres in his second try, turning into one in every of three athletes to have ever gained the Olympic and World Championships double in males’s javelin.