Neeraj Chopra qualifies for Diamond League Finals 2024 in Brussels
Chopra accumulated 14 points from his two second-place finishes in the one-day meets held in Doha and Lausanne. He skipped the last series meet in Zurich on Thursday.
Chopra accumulated 14 points from his two second-place finishes in the one-day meets held in Doha and Lausanne. He skipped the last series meet in Zurich on Thursday.
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.
Paris Olympics Silver Medalist Neeraj Chopra finished second in the Lausanne Diamond League by covering 89.49m in his 6th and final throw at the event on Thursday.
This season’s DL finals will be held in Brussels on September 14.
Chopra was quite literally the only silver lining in an otherwise underwhelming campaign in Paris where India finished 71st on the medal tally with one silver and five bronze medals. In Tokyo, India returned with a best-ever medal tally of seven, including Neeraj’s gold.
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
The two-time World Championships gold medalist and Diamond League number one in women’s pole vault talked about the 19th edition of the Tata Mumbai Marathon 2024, scheduled for Sunday.
A certain popular, parental bull-headedness drives our schoolboys into cricket academies which engender dreams of Indian Premier League millions, if not a berth in the international game.
Cricket’s entry to LA28 was formalized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at the 141st IOC Session in Mumbai today.
Neeraj Chopra made history by becoming the first Indian athlete to win the Javelin Gold at the Tokyo Olympics. He then rewrote the script by topping the podium at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest earlier this year.
