I’m feeling good and looking forward to starting my Diamond League season at on the 30th. The weather conditions are harsh, but I’m happy to get my first win of the season at Kuortane. “I’m feeling good and looking forward to starting my Diamond League season at (Stockholm Diamond League) on the 30th.” “The weather conditions are harsh, but I’m happy to get my first win of the season at Kuortane,” Chopra wrote in an Instagram post.
It took him just three attempts, like second and third place runners-up – Trinidad and Tobago 2012 Olympic champion Keshorn Walcott (86.64m) and defending world champion Anderson Peters (84.75m) of Grenada. He lost his balance after releasing the spear on the third attempt and had a nasty fall with his left shoulder hitting the ground.Ĭhopra won the competition with an opening throw – his only legal attempt – of 86.69m. The conditions of a javelin throwing competition were very difficult with the track wet and slippery due to the rain.
Diamond League tournament in Stockholm on June 30.Ĭhopra, 24, slipped and fell after his third attempt in Kuortane on Saturday.
Alleviating fears of any injury during the Kuortane Games in Finland, where he won his first win of the year, Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra said he was looking forward to starting the season.
