Lausanne Diamond League 2023:
Neeraj Chopra, the Olympic gold medalist, clinched first place in the javelin event in the Lausanne Diamond League 2023 by achieving a remarkable throw of 87.66 m.
- The Lausanne meet was Neeraj Chopra’s second competition of the season and the first since the Doha Diamond League.
- Lausanne Diamond League 2023 was the sixth meet of the Diamond League athletics series, which took place at the Athletissima stadium in Switzerland.
- Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra obtained the top spot in Lausanne Diamond League 2023 with a best throw of 87.66 m.
- The star Indian player is coming back from a muscle injury he had sustained during training.
- The injury forced Chopra to withdraw from three events in the month of June namely FBK Games, Paavo Nurmi Games and the Ostrava Golden Spike.
- Neeraj Chopra’s attempts at Lausanne Diamond League 2023: No mark, 83.52m, 85.04m, No mark, 87.66m, 84.15m
Lausanne Diamond League 2023 men’s javelin throw results:
- Neeraj Chopra (IND) 87.66m
- Julian Weber (GER) 87.03m
- Jakub Vadlejch (CZE) 86.13m
- Oliver Helander (FIN) 83.50m
- Anderson Peters (GRN) 82.23m
