Javelin thrower and the reigning Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra will start his Diamond League title defence within the Doha assembly on May 5. “Olympic javelin champion and world silver medallist Neeraj Chopra – the Indian national record holder with a best of 89.94m – will join world champion Anderson Peters (GRN) and Olympic silver medallist Jakub Vadlejch (CZE) in a much-anticipated javelin competition at the Doha Meeting on Friday 5 May,” a press release from Diamond League learn.
Due to harm, Chopra missed the 2022 Doha Meeting. It was an occasion that introduced spectators with a javelin masterclass as two nationwide data have been damaged, together with the fifth-longest throw in historical past by Grenada`s two-time world champion Peters (93.07m), a mark solely simply exterior Thomas Rohler`s 93.90m spectacular assembly document from 2017.
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“While last year was a good year for me with a new personal best, world silver medal, and the win of the Wanda Diamond League, this year brings new opportunities. My goal for this summer is the World Championships, alongside the Asian Games and the defence of my Wanda Diamond League title. I’m also getting closer to the 90m mark, so it would mean a lot for me to break that barrier.,” the Indian athlete informed the World Athletics as quoted by Diamond League. Peters returns for the 2023 version of the Doha Meeting, alongside Olympic silver medallist Vadlejch – European silver medallist and bronze medallist in Eugene – who additionally recorded a PB in Doha 2022 along with his first ever throw over 90m (90.88m).
Alongside the embellished trio, the Doha Meeting will even welcome European champion Julian Weber (GER), the Olympic and world fourth-place finisher with a better of 89.54m; former Olympic champion and Trinidad & Tobago nationwide document holder Keshorn Walcott (90.16m); and former world and Commonwealth champion and 2016 Olympic silver medallist Julius Yego, the Kenyan document holder (92.72m).The 2023 Diamond League will embrace 14 meets, starting from Doha to a single closing over two days in Eugene (September 16-17).
