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Preview: Neeraj Chopra, India’s ace javelin thrower, will be looking to continue his dominance when the 2023 Zurich Diamond League gets underway in Switzerland on Thursday. Neeraj is coming off victory in the World Athletics Championship in Budapest, where he threw a best of 88.17m. With the throw, he also qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics, where he will look to defend the Olympic gold that he won in Tokyo. Neeraj is eyeing to breach the 90m mark in Zurich. “The World Championships was challenging for me but I was very prepared from my mind. I was thinking, ok I have a little bit of problem but I changed my technique with my right leg. The World Championships was hard. Not only on the body but also on the mind. Because in my country, there are so many people. Too much pressure. The World Championships was the only gold medal I didn’t have before. I just have the 90m mark now,” Chopra said. Also in action will be long jumper Murali Sreeshankar, who will be looking to put away a disappointing performance at the World Championships in Hungary. Neeraj, meanwhile, will be hoping to qualify for the Diamond League final in Eugene, later in September.
2023 Zurich Diamond League, Highlights: Neeraj finishes second with 85.71m throw; Sreesankar fifth in long jump
Zurich Diamond League Highlights: Neeraj Chopra finished second in men’s javelin throw, while Sreeshankar finished fifth in men’s long jump.
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Men’s long jump, final standings
Miltiadis Tentoglou (Greece) – 8.20m
Tajay Clarke (Jamaica) – 8.07m
Jarrion Lawson (USA) – 8.05m
Radek Juska (Czech Republic) – 8.04m
Murali Sreeshankar (India) – 7.99m
Simon Ehammer (Switzerland) – 7.97m
Williams Williams (USA) – 7.81m
Men’s javelin throw, final standings
Jakub Vadlejch (Czech Republic) – 85.86m
Neeraj Chopra (India) – 85.71m
Julian Weber (Germany) – 85.04m
Oliver Helander (Finland) – 83.65m
Edis Matusevicius (Lithuania) – 81.62m
Anderson Peters (Grenada) – 81.01m
Roderick Genki Dean (Japan) – 79.93m
Andrian Mardare (Moldova) – 79.13m
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Meanwhile, Murali Sreeshankar finishes in fifth place with a best jump of 7.99m in men’s long jump. Greece’s Miltiadis Tentoglou is the winner with a jump of 8.20m
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Vadlejch with a foul throw in the final round. He still leads with a throw of 85.86, and goes onto win it eventually. Neeraj is next up, and he finishes with a throw of 85.71, narrowly missing out on Vadlejch’s score. Neeraj will finish second, after Julian Weber finishes with a throw of 84.92 in his final attempt. Weber will finish third.
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Neeraj Chopra with a foul throw in the penultimate round of the javelin throw event. Neeraj, along with Weber and Vadlejch will get an extra attempt each.
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Woah! What a throw from Neeraj! The 25-year-old comes back with a throw of 85.22m to jump to second place. This was his fourth round throw.
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Julian Weber extends his lead in men;s havelin throw with an attempt of 85.04m. That;s the first throw that has surpassed the 85m mark this time around.
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Sreeshankar is down to third after four rounds, with his best attempt of 7.99m that came in his very first one.
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Sreeshankar jumps a total of 7.93m in his fifth round.
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Neeraj Chopra endures a foul throw in his third attempt too. Meanwhile, after a foul for Neeraj in the third round, he follows it up with a jump of 7.96m
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Neeraj Chopra with a throw of 80.79m in his first attempt. He later throws a foul in his second attempt. Not the best of starts for Chopra.
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A good start for Sreeshankar as he jumps a distance of 7.99m in his first attempt.
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Also in action will be Murali Sreeshankar, who will be competing in men’s long jump. Sreeshankar will be looking to put up a good show after falling short in the World Athletics Championship