Athletics
Doha Diamond League: Neeraj Chopra wins with an 88.67m throw- HIGHLIGHTS
Follow us for all the LIVE action as Olympic Champion Neeraj Chopra takes the field at Doha Diamond League 2023.
Doha Diamond League LIVE: 2020 Tokyo Olympics champion Neeraj Chopra starts his 2023 season today at the Doha Dimaond League in a javelin throw lineup consisting of the likes of reigning world champion Anderson Peters, Olympic silver medallist Jakub Vadlejch among others.
Commonwealth Games gold medalist triple jumper Eldhose Paul will also be in action, in what will be his first-ever Diamond League meet.
Timings of the event:
Triple Jump: 9 PM IST
Javelin Throw: 10:14 PM IST
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Live Updates
- 5 May 2023 4:45 PM GMT
Here is the start list for Javelin Throw.
A highly competitive field with World Champion, Olympic Champion, Olympic silver medalist taking the field.the
- 5 May 2023 4:12 PM GMT
We have Olympic Champion Neeraj Chopra in action next.
Javelin Throw will start at 10:14 PM IST and Neeraj Chopra will look open his season with a big win.
- 5 May 2023 4:11 PM GMT
With that, Eldhose Paul's journey comes to an end.
Eldhose fails to qualify for top 8 that will compete further but nevertheless, the CWG Champion will learn from his experience here.
- 5 May 2023 4:09 PM GMT
Improvement from last jump but still nowhere close to best.
Eldhose jumps 14.70m but he is still far away from his competitors at the moment who are jumping more than 17 for fun.
- 5 May 2023 3:58 PM GMT
13.65m is the next distance covered by Eldhose.
Disappointing from the CWG Champion as he jumps 13.65m
- 5 May 2023 3:50 PM GMT
Eldhose is 8th after first round.
Hopefully, Eldhose will improve in subsequent rounds and hit the 17m mark.
- 5 May 2023 3:40 PM GMT
The first set of triple jump has started.
Eldhose is slated at the 9th number to go. We already have two jumps above 17m.
