India's Javelin star Neeraj Chopra won't be taking part in Zurich Diamond League with his spot in the final all but confirmed after a 2nd place finish in Laussane
Chopra won a silver medal in the Paris Olympics with a throw of 89.45m earlier this month while the gold went to Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem
For Neeraj Chopra, the only milestone left is the elusive 90m mark and it's only a matter of time before he hits it.
Neeraj Chopra's 89.49m throw earned him second place at the 2024 Lausanne Diamond League, but he missed the elusive 90m mark again, finishing behind Anderson Peters, who secured the top spot
Anderson Peters finished second, while Julian Weber finished on third spot. Check Neeraj Chopra's event highlights from Lausanne Diamond League 2024 here
While Neeraj Chopra has been identified as the highest-valued non-cricketer among Indian sportspersons, Manu Bhaker is also finalising big deals
Lussane Diamond League 2024 LIVE TIMINGS: Neeraj Chopra will be competing in first international event after winning Silver at Paris Olympics at 11:30 PM IST. Jio Cinema will live stream the event
Nursing a long-standing groin injury, Chopra claimed a silver medal in the recently-concluded Paris Olympics, having won a historic gold in the Tokyo edition of the Games three years ago.
Neeraj Chopra has been chasing that milestone for years and the wait got longer when his only legal throw of 89.45m got him a silver at the Paris Olympics earlier this month.
Earlier in the day, India's Olympic medal winners were also invited as a special guests at the Red Fort
A family source told PTI that he has left for Germany and is unlikely to return to India for at least one month. Indian Olympic Association sources also confirmed that Chopra has left for Germany.
India in the 2024 Paris Olympics finished 23 spot lower than they did at 2020 Tokyo Olympics
The 33rd Olympics games in Paris recorded most numbers of fourth place finish for India
Chopra, who claimed his second successive Olympic medal- a silver to follow up on the gold in Tokyo, said he wants the medal around Vinesh's neck for one simple reason- people shouldn't forget her
Neeraj Chopra, the gold medalist in the Tokyo Games, was dethroned by Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem in the Paris Olympics 2024 men's javelin throw final on Thursday
Chopra was dealing with a nagging adductor niggle (a problem related to muscles in the thigh) in the run-up to the Paris Games. But he managed a season's best effort of 89.45m to secure a silver medal
Nadeem bested Chopra for the first time in their 11 face-offs to claim the Olympic gold medal with a sensational Games record of 92.97m on Thursday night.
Chopra clinched the silver medal at the Paris Games with a season's best throw of 89.45m after Nadeem pulled off an Olympic record-breaking effort of 92.97m on Thursday night.
Congratulations on your Silver medal after a spectacular performance throughout the Paris Olympics 2024, Rahul Gandhi said on X
Chopra on Thursday became the first Indian track-and-field athlete to win two successive Olympic medals with a silver in men's javelin