Neeraj Chopra to compete in Golden Spike Ostrava athletics meet | More sports News – Times of India
NEW DELHI: The 2023 Golden Spike Ostrava athletics meet will see the participation from Tokyo Olympics gold medallist Neeraj Chopra which will be held in the Czech Republic on June 27.
The 25-year-old Neeraj Chopra, who hasn’t competed since last year’s Diamond League finals due to an injury, will begin his 2023 season at the Doha Diamond League Meet on May 5.
Neeraj is the reigning Diamond League champion. He won the coveted title in September last year at the Diamond League finals in Zurich, becoming the first Indian athlete to win the trophy.
At an event in Ostrava, the javelin will again be in the spotlight. India’s Olympic champion Chopra, who claimed a historic world silver in Oregon will again face the two athletes who had joined him on the podium there — Grenada’s two-time world gold medallist Anderson Peters and Czech Republic’s bronze medallist Jakub Vadlejch.
Besides, 3000m steeplechase runner Lamecha Girma and 100m hurdler Tobi Amusan will join their fellow world record-holder Paul Vaulter Mondo Duplantis at the Ostrava Golden Spike.
In the women’s category, the Japanese athlete Haruka Kitaguchi (66.00), the bronze medallist at the World Championships and winner of the DL meetings in Paris and Silesia will be up against the World and European championships finalist Czech Republic’s Nikola Ogrodnikova.
(With IANS Inputs)
The 25-year-old Neeraj Chopra, who hasn’t competed since last year’s Diamond League finals due to an injury, will begin his 2023 season at the Doha Diamond League Meet on May 5.
Neeraj is the reigning Diamond League champion. He won the coveted title in September last year at the Diamond League finals in Zurich, becoming the first Indian athlete to win the trophy.
At an event in Ostrava, the javelin will again be in the spotlight. India’s Olympic champion Chopra, who claimed a historic world silver in Oregon will again face the two athletes who had joined him on the podium there — Grenada’s two-time world gold medallist Anderson Peters and Czech Republic’s bronze medallist Jakub Vadlejch.
Besides, 3000m steeplechase runner Lamecha Girma and 100m hurdler Tobi Amusan will join their fellow world record-holder Paul Vaulter Mondo Duplantis at the Ostrava Golden Spike.
In the women’s category, the Japanese athlete Haruka Kitaguchi (66.00), the bronze medallist at the World Championships and winner of the DL meetings in Paris and Silesia will be up against the World and European championships finalist Czech Republic’s Nikola Ogrodnikova.
(With IANS Inputs)
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