Neeraj Chopra to headline India’s biggest-ever Diamond League contingent in Doha

Within the males’s javelin throw occasion, he shall be joined by fellow Indian Kishore Jena, who got here ninth final 12 months with a throw of 76.31m.

In the meantime, Gulveer Singh will be part of the javelin duo in monitor, and is the nationwide file holder in males’s 5000m. He shall be making his Diamond League debut. India’s nationwide file holder in girls’s 3000m steeplechase, Parul Chaudhary may also be in motion.

Chopra was additionally purported to take part in his personal event, the NC Traditional this month, however because of the Indo-Pak tensions, he needed to postpone it. In an announcement, his group introduced, “This resolution has been made after cautious thought and session, with the wellbeing of athletes, stakeholders, and the broader group as the highest precedence.”

“We consider within the unifying energy of sport. However, on this important second, standing agency with the nation issues most. All our gratitude and ideas at this level are solely with our Armed Forces, who’re on the forefront for our nation.”

In Doha, he may also be competing towards the likes of two-time world champion Anderson Peters, 2024 winner Jakub Vadlejch, Julian Weber, Max Dehning and Julius Yego. It will likely be a star-studded discipline and followers shall be hoping for Chopra to bag a podium end atleast, and also will count on Jena to place in a problem.

Neeraj was additionally just lately caught in controversy, as a consequence of sending Arshad Nadeem an invitation for the NC Traditional. The invite was despatched two days earlier than the Pahalgam terror assault final month, and Nadeem rejected it after the incident. Followers took to X to abuse Neeraj for sending Arshad an invitation, after which he needed to make clear that the invite was despatched earlier than the Pahalgam terror assault.