The 27-year-old reigning world champion enters the summit clash after qualifying in fourth place, having competed in just two of the four qualifying legs. Chopra had earlier claimed the DL title in 2022 before finishing runner-up in 2023 and 2024.
Men's 400m hurdles world record holder Karsten Warholm is setting his sights on breaking another world record in the newly-introduced 300m hurdles at the 2025 Diamond League opener in Xiamen on Saturday.
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.
