New Delhi [India], April 16 (ANI): The Diamond League is about to begin in Doha on May 25, 2023, with the perfect monitor and area athletes making their technique to Qatar to compete within the worldwide competitors. Ahead of the League, Tokyo 2020 Gold Medalist, Neeraj Chopra is about to compete within the competitors after successful the 2022 Diamond League last that was held in Zurich.
Before touring to Doha to compete within the Diamond League, which would be the first aggressive event of 2023, Neeraj Chopra talked about how he’s getting ready to compete towards the perfect in Doha.
“My preparations are going well. We were in South Africa recently where we were focusing on concentrating on strength and conditioning. Now we are in Turkey at the Gloria Sports Arena to improve my technical skill so that I am in peak condition to compete in the Diamond League in Doha,” Neeraj mentioned through the media interplay.
2022 12 months proved an incredible 12 months for Neeraj, although resulting from his harm, he missed out on Commonwealth Games 2022. Neeraj mentioned that he’s injury-free and begin the season wholesome.
“All our training plans so far have gone well, and the good thing is I’ve been injury-free. The hope is to have a healthy season and stay away from injuries,” he added.
“This year we have a hectic competitive schedule with the Asian games in October later this year, so I want to improve technically as much as I can before we start competing this year. Along with the coaches and physios we are planning my training schedule very precisely so that I can improve while giving myself enough time to recover also because I want to compete in as many competitions this year as possible and avoid any kind of injuries.” Neeraj mentioned”I am always looking to improve so that is my main focus this year also, I want to keep on enhancing my performance with each passing competition and year,” He additional added.
He went on to speak concerning the dynamic he shares with Coach Klaus Bartonietz, who has been guiding Neeraj since 2019 and has been by his aspect by way of numerous successes he has had during the last 4 years.
Neeraj mentioned, “Coach Klaus is wonderful, we share a great dynamic. He understands the mindset of an athlete really well, due to which he does not pile on unnecessary pressure on me at any point. He always makes sure that I am not frustrated and helps me manage tough situations in training really well. So, we are focused on improving as much as we can ahead of the Diamond League in Doha.”Neeraj, who received the Silver medal on the World Championships in 2022 that have been held in Eugene, talked about how motivated he’s to compete towards the perfect athletes on the earth on the Diamond League in Doha.
The Haryana native mentioned, “It feels great to go up against the best athletes from across the globe, it gives me a chance to test myself out against elite competitors which is always a great motivator for me. I did not participate in the previous Diamond League that was held in Doha, because I felt I had not got a chance to train enough, but this time we started our preparations on time and now I feel primed to compete in the league in Doha this year. So hopefully, we will come away with the desired result.””Winning the Gold Medal at my first ever Olympics in Tokyo does also serve as a great motivator for me, especially since my overall experience of the games was wonderful. I am sure people’s expectations of me will be higher for the 2024 Paris Olympics, but I will take that in my stride and will convert those expectations and pressure into motivators. I have also learned a great deal since that Gold Medal in Tokyo of how to handle the pressure and maintain focus. We put in a lot of work to compete at the Tokyo games, so I will be looking to work even harder for the Paris Games so that we can come home with another medal from the games,” Neeraj concluded.
In June, Neeraj made a brand new nationwide file and completed with a silver medal with a throw of 89.30 metres on the Paavo Nurmi Games in Finland, bettering his personal earlier nationwide file of 88.07 meters which he had set in Patiala in March final 12 months.
In June once more, he gave one other sterling efficiency as he clinched gold within the 2022 Kuortane Games in Finland. Neeraj threw 86.69 m to clinch the highest prize in difficult and moist circumstances.
At the World Athletics Championships in July, Neeraj Chopra made historical past by changing into solely the second Indian and the primary male monitor and area athlete to take dwelling a medal. He completed second and received the silver medal, realising his goal of successful a World medal with a throw of 88.13 metres. Anju Bobby George received a bronze medal for India within the lengthy bounce competitors earlier than Neeraj.
In September, Chopra made historical past by changing into the first-ever Indian to win the distinguished Diamond League trophy, a top-tier athletics competitors, reaching the perfect throw of 88.44 m to clinch one of many greatest wins of his profession.
He now holds the male javelin file due to a throw within the Stockholm Diamond League that measured 89.94 metres, with which he broke his personal file. He clinched a silver medal on the prestigious Diamond League meet in Stockholm and broke his personal earlier file. (ANI)