Diamond League Finals 2023 LIVE: Neeraj Chopra aims win to javelin title in Eugene

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Diamond League 2023 Finals LIVE

USA’s Curtis Thompson goes first. And he starts with an attempt of 74.16m. Andrian Mardare and Anderson Peters are next and they register throws of 80.22m and 70.83m respectively.

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Diamond League 2023 Finals LIVE:

Less than 10 minutes to go for the start of the men’s javelin finals. Stay tuned for more updates.

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ICYMI: Among those who came to watch Neeraj Chopra compete in the final of the men's javelin throw in the Zurich Diamond League meet earlier this month was Swiss tennis legend and 20-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer.

Watch: Roger Federer watches Zurich Diamond League featuring Neeraj Chopra

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Diamond League 2023 Finals LIVE:

Here are all the athletes who will be in action in the men's javelin final in Eugene tonight:

Neeraj Chopra (India) (Defending champion)

Oliver Helander (Finland)

Andrian Mardare (Moldova)

Anderson Peters (Grenada)

Curtis Thompson (United States)

Jakub Vadlejch (Czech Republic)

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Chorpa is also the only Indian athlete to compete in the 2023 final after men’s long jumper Murali Sreeshankar and 3000m steeplechaser Avinash Sable decided to skip the event to prepare for the upcoming Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. Asian Games start on 23 September.

If Neeraj manages to defend his title then he will become only the third man to defend the Diamond League final trophy in javelin. The format of the Diamond League however has changed since 2017.

Preview: Neeraj Chopra looks to defend Diamond League trophy in Eugene

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Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the 2023 Diamond League Finals in Eugene in Oregon, USA with ace javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra aiming to add another gold medal to his collection after his historic victory in the World Championships in Budapest last month.

Preview: After his heroics in World Athletics Championships in Budapest last month, ace javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra will be aiming to add another gold medal to his collection when he defends his Wanda Diamond League title in the season finale in Eugene, USA on Saturday.

Chopra had become the first Indian to win gold in the Diamond League final, achieving a top-of-the-podium finish with a best throw of 88.44m in Zurich in September last year. The victory came two months after he won silver at the World Championships at Eugene’s Hayward Field.

And it is incidentally in Eugene in the Pacific-Northwestern state of Oregon where Chopra returns, this time eyeing back-to-back Diamond League Final wins.

Chopra, who became only the second Indian to win an individual Olympic gold medal in Tokyo in 2021, achieved another first last month when he became the first Indian to win a gold medal in the World Championships.

Chopra finished ahead of Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem and Czech Republic’ Jakub Vadlejch with a best throw of 88.17 metres in his second attempt, becoming one of three athletes to have ever won the Olympic and World Championships double in men’s javelin.

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