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Tokyo Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra will be in action at the 2022 Diamond League Final at Weltklasse in Zurich. The 24-year-old will be in the fray for his maiden title at the prestigious two-day long event slated to take place on September 7 and 8.
He marked an incredible return after injury at the 2022 Diamond League in Lausanne, Switzerland, on August 26. He recorded a monstrous 89.08m throw to comfortably clinch a first-place finish in the javelin event to qualify for the final.
He notched up his third career-best throw in his first attempt to finish first in the 2022 Lausanne Diamond League, also becoming the first-ever Indian to win the Diamond League meet.
Neeraj, along with Jakub Vadlejch (Czech Republic), Julian Weber (Germany), Leandro Ramos (Portugal), Curtis Thompson (USA) and Patriks Gailums (Latvia), have all qualified for the final in Zurich.
However, world champion Anderson Peters has been ruled out of the Zurich meet. He was attacked by crew members on a party boat in Grenada last month and will miss the event due to injuries sustained during the incident.
So near yet so far. This has been the story of Neeraj's 90m barrier in 2022. This time around, while eyeing the title at the Diamond League Finals, he will also be aiming to breach the 90m mark.
The Indian ace has had a successful season so far, finishing with a historic silver medal at the World Championships earlier this year.
A man of many firsts for Indian track and field, he has heralded a new era in Indian athletics. The poster boy of Indian athletics will look to add another feather to his already illustrious career when he takes the field in Zurich on Thursday (September 8).
Diamond League Final 2022: Date and time
Neeraj will be in action in the men's javelin throw event at the 2022 Diamond League Final in Zurich on September 8, 2022 at 11.50 pm (IST) onwards.
Diamond League Final 2022: Live streaming details
You can catch all the LIVE action from the Diamond League Final with official broadcasters Sports18. You can also live stream the 2022 Diamond League Final on the Voot app.
