Zurich [Switzerland], August 27 (ANI): Two-time Olympic medallist, India’s Neeraj Chopra, is all set to compete within the upcoming Diamond League Final 2025 in Zurich, which can be performed at Switzerland’s iconic Letzigrund Stadium.
The two-day athletics grand finale begins on Wednesday, and Neeraj Chopra’s javelin throw occasion on the Zurich Diamond League Final will begin from 11:15 PM Indian Standard Time (IST) on Thursday, as per Olympics.com.
In 2022, Neeraj Chopra turned the primary Indian to turn out to be a Diamond League champion in any occasion. Interestingly, that 12 months, the Final was additionally held in Zurich.
The Indian javelin ace additionally made the finals within the two subsequent editions held in Eugene and Brussels, respectively. However, on each events, he completed as a runner-up.
The Zurich Final marks the end result of the 2025 Diamond League season, which featured 14 common legs earlier than the two-day finale.
The 27-year-old Indian athlete has competed in two Diamond League meets this season – ending second in Doha with a nationwide record-breaking 90.23m, and profitable the Paris leg with 88.16m.
Having secured his berth within the remaining, Neeraj opted to sit down out the Silesia and Brussels leg of the 2025 Diamond League season, which additionally featured javelin throw competitions.
The javelin throw remaining in Zurich includes a sturdy seven-man line-up, with six athletes ranked contained in the world’s high 10.
Grenada’s Anderson Peters will enter the Zurich meet because the reigning Diamond League champion, having pipped Neeraj by a single centimetre in Brussels final 12 months.
World chief Julian Weber of Germany, who beat Neeraj in Doha earlier this 12 months, London 2012 Olympic champion Keshorn Walcott, and former world title holder Julius Yego are additionally within the fray.
World No. 43 Simon Wieland is a part of the sector because the host nation’s entry.
Diamond League Final 2025: Javelin throw entry listing
Neeraj Chopra (India): SB 90.23m | PB 90.23m | World Ranking: 1
Andrian Mardare (Moldova): SB 82.38m | PB 86.66m | World Ranking: 8
Anderson Peters (Grenada): SB 85.64m | PB 93.07m | World Ranking: 2
Keshorn Walcott (Trinidad & Tobago): SB 86.30m | PB 90.16m | World Ranking: 7
Julian Weber (Germany): SB 91.06m | PB 91.06m | World Ranking: 3
Simon Wieland (Switzerland): SB 79.33m | PB 79.44m | World Ranking: 43
Julius Yego (Kenya): SB 84.51m | PB 92.72m | World Ranking: 4
The Zurich meet will even be the proper stage for Neeraj to arrange for his large title defence on the World Championships scheduled in Tokyo subsequent month, based on Olympics.com.
The likes of Peters, Walcott, and Weber can be anticipated to be the largest threats to his world champion title in Japan moreover reigning Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan, who has skipped this 12 months’s Diamond League altogether.
Overall, Neeraj has competed in six occasions this season, profitable 4 and ending second twice. His final aggressive outing was on the Neeraj Chopra (NC) Classic in Bengaluru on July 5, the place he gained with an 86.18m effort. (ANI)