The 29-year-old reigning Asian Games champion looked far from his best as he was well below his personal best of 8:09.91s to finish near the bottom. Seventeen runners completed the race while three did not finish.
Two weeks after winning the silver medal at the Paris Olympics, star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, nursing a long-standing groin injury, came up with a season best effort of 89.49m to finish second in the Lausanne Diamond League on Thursday.
Neeraj Chopra failed to defend his title as he finished second in the javelin throw event with a 83.80 m…
Reigning Olympic and world champion Neeraj Chopra said that the focus is on recovering from the fatigue after competing in…
Neeraj Chopra’s winning streak ended abruptly as just a week after becoming the new world champion he finished second in the javelin throw event
“My preparations are going well. We were in South Africa recently where we were focusing on concentrating on strength and conditioning."
This will be Chopra's first event since the world championship silver and after missing the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham due to injury.
Neeraj Chopra today left for Zurich, hours after clinching a historic gold in the Asian Games here, to take part in the prestigious Diamond League Final on August 30.
Neeraj fouled his second round throw and came up with 83.39m in the third.
