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Neeraj Chopra in action© AFP Reigning Olympic and world champion Neeraj Chopra’s preparatory camp in Switzerland on Friday got the nod from the Mission Olympic Cell (MOC), which also announced other approvals. Chopra will undergo a 12-day training camp in Magglingen, Switzerland ahead of the Diamond League final to be organised in Eugene, USA, later…

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Newly-crowned world champion Neeraj Chopra missed out on a top podium finish to settle for second position with a final round throw of 85.71 metres in the men’s javelin event of the Diamond League Meeting here. The 25-year-old Chopra, also the reigning Olympic champion, produced three legal throws of 80.79m, 85.22m and 85.71m while the…

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Fresh off his gold medal-winning throw in the World Athletics Championships, India’s ‘Golden Boy’ Neeraj Chopra had to settle for the second spot on the podium as he lodged the distance of 85.71m in the men’s javelin event of the Diamond League Meeting here on Thursday. Another gold was expected from the ace athlete but…

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Neeraj Chopra in action during Zurich Diamond League© Twitter Neeraj Chopra completed a brilliant recovery to finish second at the Zurich Diamond League men’s javelin throw event on Friday. The reigning world champion started with a 80.79m throw before two false throws in his next two attempts put him in fifth position. However, in his…

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India will be bidding for the 2027 World Athletics Championships, claims Olympic and World Championship gold medallist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra in Zurich on Wednesday. Asked during a press conference on the eve of the Diamond League meet about India’s possibility of hosting the World Championships in 2027, Chopra said: “They (India) are bidding. I…

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Newly-crowned world champion Neeraj Chopra will look to maintain his unbeaten streak in the prestigious Diamond League meet when he competes in a star-studded men’s javelin throw field in Zurich on Thursday. Chopra on Sunday clinched his maiden World Championships title in Budapest with a throw of 88.17m. He had won a silver medal in…

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Neeraj Chopra gives an autograph on the Hungarian lady’s shirt sleeve.© X (formerly Twitter) Neeraj Chopra is the toast of the nation, yet again. The 25-year-old javelin thrower, who has taken Indian athletics to a stupendous height with his achievements, did a first for India on Sunday night, when he won the World Championship gold…

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