Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra will aim to better his previous performance and win a gold medal at the Paavo Nurmi Games to be held in Turku, Finland on June 13. Chopra had won silver at the Games last year with a throw of 89.30 metres. His best performance is 89.94m which came at the World Championships (Eugene of America). This will be the third competition of the season for the 25-year-old. He won the gold medal in the first leg of the prestigious Diamond League series in Doha on May 5. Prior to the Paavo Nurmi Games, he will take part in the ‘Fanny Blankers-Koen Games’ in Hengelo, Netherlands on June 4.
At the Games, Chopra will face Germany’s star javelin thrower Johannes Wetter for the first time in two years. Vetter had failed to make it to the final stage for the title at the Tokyo Olympics. Apart from Vetter at the Paavo Nurmi Games, Chopra will face Tokyo Olympics silver medalist Jakob Wadlejch, Trinidad and Tobago’s Keshorn Walcott, Germany’s European champion Julian Weber and Finland’s European Championships bronze medalist Lassi Ettelolo.
