Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, who was recovering from a muscle strain, will return to action for the sixth stage of the Diamond League in Lausanne on June 30. (More Sports news)
In the list released by the organisers of the prestigious athletics meet, the world number one Ind🥂ian's name has been entered in the javelin throw event.
Besides Chopra, the names of top Iཧndian athletes Jeswin Aldrin and Sr🔜eeshankar have been entered in long jump.
"In the javelin, the Indian Olympic ch꧃ampion Neeraj Chopra will be challenged by the Czech Jakub Vadlejch and German Julian Weber," the official website of꧋ the competition stated recently.
Tokyo Olympics gold medallist Chopra had announced on Twitter last month that he had sustained a musc🅰le strain during his training and, as a precautionary measure, he had pulled out of the FBK Games in the Netherlands (June 4) and the Paavo Nurmi meet 💝in Finland (June 13).
The 2𒆙5-year-old also missed the recently-concluded National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships in Bhubaneswar.
He also has a scheduled tou🍌rnament at the Golden Spike Ostrava in the Czech Republic on June 27. The 25-year-old had won the Doha Diamond League on May 5 ♛with a throw of 88.67m, capping off a perfect start to the season.
There is also the World Championships (August 19-27) 🏅in Budapest, Hungary, whic꧑h is the major event this year, along with the Diamond League Finals and the Asian Games.
With his gold ꦓin Tokyo in 2021, Chopra created history by becoming the first Indian to win an individual Olympic medal i♐n athletics.
