In Neeraj Chopra’s quest for Diamond League, the biggest hurdle will be Julian Weber
On the eve of the Diamond League final, Chopra said if he gets his technique right in competition, he is capable of consistently hitting the 90-metre mark. (AP Photo)
Rainy with light winds, humidity and the temperature around 18 degrees Celsius — the conditions are set to be tough on Thursday night when India’s Neeraj Chopra and six other javelin stars compete in the Diamond League Final at the Letzigrund stadium in Zurich. Chopra returns to a venue where he made history three years ago, becoming the first Indian to win a Diamond League Final. In the two subsequent finals, he finished runner-up with only a centimetre separating him from the winner, Grenada’s Anderson Peters, at last year’s finale in Brussels. (Read more from Nihal Koshie here)
