Strong field awaits Neeraj Chopra in Stockholm

Stockholm: Tokyo Olympics champion Neeraj Chopra will look to continue his scintillating form when he faces the strong field at the Stockholm leg of the Diamond League on Thursday. He will also aim to enter the 90m club for which he is dreaming for a long time.

The Diamond League, a top-tier track and field competition hosted by World Athletics, will feature Tokyo 2020 medallists Jakub Vadlejch (silver) and Vitezslav Vesely (bronze) of the Czech Republic in the eight-man starting list.

World champion Anderson Peters of Grenada, who has the season’s longest throw of 93.07m at the Doha Diamond League, world No. 4 Germany's Julian Webber and Finland’s Oliver Helander, who won gold at Paavo Nurmi Games, will also be in action.

Chopra will be the lone Indian competing in Stockhom. This will be his seventh appearance in the Diamond League and his first since the event in Zurich in 2018. He is yet to win a medal at the prestigious meet.

Chopra returned to competition Finland earlier this month, where he broke his own national record of 88.7m with an 89.30m throw to clinch the silver at Paavo Nurmi Games.

Days after marking his return to competitive action with a national record, Chopra put on another impressive display to win the gold at the Kuortane Games in Finland. (UNI)