Neeraj Chopra will participate in FBK Games in Netherlands on June 4

Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, who won gold in his first event of the season earlier this month, will compete at the Fanny Blankers Koen (FBK) Games in Hengelo, Netherlands on June 4. The 25-year-old Indian had won the gold medal in the Doha leg of the Diamond League Series on May 5 with a throw of 88.67m. The organizers of FBK informed about Chopra’s participation in the event on their social media handles saying, “Another Olympic champion Hengelo is coming.

Neeraj Chopra, whose best performance is 89.64 and who is the Olympic champion, always sets new goals. The FBK Games is the continental gold level competition of World Athletics, named after Fanny Blankers Koen, who won the 1948 Olympic Games in London. Won four gold medals in the Olympic Games. Reigning Diamond League champion Chopra will again face reigning world champion Anderson Peters at the FBK Games, who finished third in Doha with a throw of 85.88m.