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.
True to form, Chopra uncorked a massive opening throw and qualified for the final of here yesterday as the best of the twelve qualifiers.
Nadeem, who finished second behind Chopra in Budapest, was recently quoted, saying: “It has now got to a stage where the javelin is damaged and I have asked the national federation and my coach to do something about it before the Paris Olympics.
Jena has been making headlines ever since he went toe-to-toe with Neeraj Chopra at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest last year.
Nadeem, who came up with the magic mark of 90.18m throw to claim the gold at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games in 2022, on Thursday revealed that the only international standard javelin that he had is currently out of shape. Consequently, Nadeem is currently training with a locally-made javelin but that could lead to injury in the run-up to the Paris Olympics
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To a query about his finishing at top amid a very strong field at Lausanne, Neeraj said that most of the top competitions are in Europe. The problem we face is when we go from hot conditions to cold ones."
Athletes are awarded points instead of medals for competing in each leg of the Diamond League series.
The one-day track and field meet will mark the return of Neeraj Chopra in action after the Indian suffered a muscle strain during training last month.
Last year, Neeraj Chopra created history by becoming the first Indian to win the prestigious Diamond League finals in Eugene, USA.
