Neeraj Chopra Diamond League Final 2024 Live: India’s javelin star Neeraj Chopra will return to action on Saturday in Brussels.
Neeraj Chopra, Brussels DL, Diamond League Final Live: India’s two-time Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra will return to action on Saturday night when he steps out to compete in the Diamond League final at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels.
The 27-year-old Neeraj has not performed at the peak of his powers this season as he competed in the Paris Olympics and the proceeding Diamond League meet in Lausanne in August while continuing to grapple with a long-standing groin issue. But despite that, he has registered three 89+ throws in the space of one month. While he finished second in both those events on the back of one outstanding throw each, Neeraj will hope for a strong finish to the season.
The Indian superstar bagged the second spot in the Diamond League Finals last year, behind Czechia’s Jakub Vadlejch. Neeraj secured his qualification for the seven-man final, by finishing fourth in the standings with 14 points, behind Grenada’s Anderson Peters, Julian Weber and Vadlejch. Vadlejch has since withdrawn.
An intense battle awaits in the Brussels finale, where perhaps Peters will start the favourite.
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Ishaan Marwaha is talking about a sporting intangible that cannot be measured but only felt: Rhythm. It’s in his head and something he can feel from his vantage point right behind the thrower’s arm. But a hard one for him to articulate.
So, when the millions watch in awe as Neeraj Chopra tumbles to the floor and rises with a roar, Marwaha is obsessed with the minutiae.
“I am just watching him how he is warming up,” he says. “Or the technique. How is the leg work? If he is running fast because when he is running slow, we can feel it from outside, there is something wrong. Like it happened in Lausanne…” READ MORE
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First uploaded on: 14-09-2024 at 22:31 IST
