Neeraj Chopra is going to return to the field from Lussane Diamond Leage, eyeing to continue the winning streak

Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra is all set to return to action after missing two tournaments due to injury. Neeraj Chopra will take part in the Lausanne leg of the Diamond League from Friday. This time he will again try to make a place on the podium.

 

Neeraj Chopra was out of action for the last one month due to a hamstring strain. Due to this he did not participate in two tournaments. At the same time, he has fully recovered from his injury, after which he will return to the field again. He will feature in the Lausanne leg of the Diamond League to be held at the Athletissima in Lausanne, Switzerland, which is set to begin on June 30.

Let us tell you that earlier on May 5, 25-year-old Neeraj Chopra showed excellent performance in the Doha leg of the Diamond League. During this, he not only won the gold medal but also made a great debut with a career best throw of 88.67 metres. He was injured in this tournament. In fact, only after creating history by throwing the throw, his muscle got stretched.

 

Due to this, Neeraj Chopra had to sit out of the field for some time. Due to the stretch, he issued a statement informing about it. He had informed that he would not participate in the FBK Games in Netherlands on June 4 and the Paavo Nurmi Games in Finland on June 13. He had withdrawn from both these tournaments due to a hamstring injury. After this, he started focusing on his fitness so that he could return to the field till the Diamond League.

 

Let us tell you that even after getting injured, Neeraj Chopra did not stay out of any stage of Diamond League as there was no javelin event in Rabat, Rome, Paris and Oslo Diamond League. According to the information, many veteran players are going to participate in the Diamond League going to be held in Lausanne. It includes Tokyo Olympic silver medalist Jakub Valash of the Czech Republic, world champion Andersen Peters of Granada, Oliver Helander of Finland, 2012 Olympic champion Keshorn Watcott of Trinidad and Tobago and Julian Weber of Germany. Neeraj Chopra is expected to get a tough fight from these players.

 

Significantly, after winning the Doha Diamond League, Neeraj Chopra is currently on top of the rankings. They are followed by Jacobs and Peters in second and third place. After Lausanne, there will also be javelin throw events at the Diamond League stage in Monaco on July 21 and Zurich on August 31. After this 16 in Eugene of America. This competition will also take place in the Grand Finale on 17th September. Diamond League podium finisher long jumper Murali Sreesankar will also participate. He was 8 in Paris in June. Finished third with a jump of 09 meters.