New Delhi: Neeraj Chopra, the reigning world champion in the javelin throw, will lead the four-front Indian assault at the Doha Diamond League 2025, which is set to take place at the Qatar Sports Club on Friday, according to Olympics.com.
Kishore Jena, who won silver at the Asian Games, will be there in the men’s javelin throw competition alongside Neeraj, while national record holder Parul Chaudhary is entered for the women’s 3000-meter steeplechase event. Gulveer Singh, another Indian athlete, is prepared for his Diamond League debut when he competes in the men’s 5000m event.
Neeraj has had a successful career with the Qatar Sports Club, placing second in the Diamond League’s Doha leg in 2024 and winning in 2023. For the past few years, Neeraj has also started his athletic season at the Doha competition.
However, following the Potch Invitational Meet in Potchefstroom, South Africa, in April, this will be the former Olympic champion’s second competitive competition of the year. The Indian ace won the competition with a respectable throw of 84.52 meters.
Neeraj, who will also be attempting to break the sought-after 90-meter barrier in Doha, holds the Indian national record for the men’s javelin throw and has a personal best of 89.94 meters.
In the interim, Kishore Jena will be hoping to replicate his performance from two years prior, when he won a silver medal at Hangzhou 2023. Since the victory, the javelin thrower, who was born in Odisha, has had a difficult time. On his Diamond League debut last year, he placed ninth in Doha. (ANI)
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