NEW DELHI: Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra is ready to take part within the Paavo Nurmi Video games in Turku, Finland on June 13, aiming to surpass his silver medal-winning efficiency from the earlier 12 months. This occasion will mark his third competitors of the season.
Chopra, 25 years outdated, started his season with a gold medal within the opening leg of the famend Diamond League sequence in Doha on Might 5.
Earlier than the Paavo Nurmi Video games, he may also participate within the Fanny Blankers-Koen Video games in Hengelo, the Netherlands on June 4.
Through the Paavo Nurmi Video games, Chopra will face off in opposition to German star Johannes Vetter, with whom he has had a rivalry for nearly two years. Vetter notably didn’t qualify for the ultimate spherical of the Tokyo Olympic Video games, regardless of getting into the competitors because the favorite.
The Paavo Nurmi Video games holds the excellence of being a World Athletics Continental Tour gold-level meet. Along with Vetter, Chopra will compete in opposition to different achieved athletes akin to Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Jakub Vadlejch, Keshorn Walcott from Trinidad and Tobago, European champion Julian Weber from Germany, and Lassi Etelatolo, the bronze medallist from the European Championships, representing Finland.
Final 12 months in Turku, Chopra achieved a throw of 89.30 metres, securing the silver medal. He additional improved his distance to 89.94 metres, incomes a second-place end on the World Championships held in Eugene, USA.
(With inputs from PTI)
Chopra, 25 years outdated, started his season with a gold medal within the opening leg of the famend Diamond League sequence in Doha on Might 5.
Earlier than the Paavo Nurmi Video games, he may also participate within the Fanny Blankers-Koen Video games in Hengelo, the Netherlands on June 4.
Through the Paavo Nurmi Video games, Chopra will face off in opposition to German star Johannes Vetter, with whom he has had a rivalry for nearly two years. Vetter notably didn’t qualify for the ultimate spherical of the Tokyo Olympic Video games, regardless of getting into the competitors because the favorite.
The Paavo Nurmi Video games holds the excellence of being a World Athletics Continental Tour gold-level meet. Along with Vetter, Chopra will compete in opposition to different achieved athletes akin to Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Jakub Vadlejch, Keshorn Walcott from Trinidad and Tobago, European champion Julian Weber from Germany, and Lassi Etelatolo, the bronze medallist from the European Championships, representing Finland.
Final 12 months in Turku, Chopra achieved a throw of 89.30 metres, securing the silver medal. He additional improved his distance to 89.94 metres, incomes a second-place end on the World Championships held in Eugene, USA.
(With inputs from PTI)
