Reigning Olympic and planet champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra will start out his time in the Doha leg of the prestigious Diamond League sequence on May well 10 in a star-studded field.
The Indian stalwart is on the lookout to defend his Olympic gold medal afterwards in Paris at the Olympic Games.
Together with Neeraj, Asian Video games silver medalist Kishore Kumar Jena will also make his Diamond League debut in Doha.
Chopra will be up versus his nicely-known rivals like Czech Republic’s Jakub Vadlejch, who received silver in the Tokyo Olympics and bronze in the 2023 Globe Championships, and previous earth champion Anderson Peters of Grenada.
“This year, my individual intention is to defend my Olympic title, but it would also necessarily mean a ton to me to break the 90m barrier. The Doha Meeting, with excellent disorders and a great atmosphere, is a fantastic option to get my season off to the finest commence,” Chopra advised the Diamond League web page.
“I’m always confused by the warm assist I get from Indians across the environment and in Qatar that is specially specific. I experience privileged that so numerous persons come out to help me and I hope I can repay their faith in me with a superior general performance,” he added even further.
Others to take the discipline at the Qatar Sporting activities Club contain European winner Julian Weber of Germany (PB 89.54m), Oliver Helander of Germany (PB 89.83m), Qatari report holder Ahmed Bader Magour (PB 85.23m), Lithuanian report holder and Planet University Online games champion Edis Matusevicius (PB 89.17m) and Asian Video games bronze medallist Roderick Genki Dean of Japan (PB 84.28m).
Chopra had taken the prime place here in the 2023 season with a throw of 88.67m, in advance of Vadlejch and Peters.