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Recently crowned javelin throw World Champion and Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra will be in action yet again on Thursday as he seeks to continue his stupendous run at the Zurich Diamond League on Thursday.
Indian long jumper Murali Sreeshankar is all set to take part in the event as well and will look to put his forgettable performance at the World Championships in Hungary behind him as he takes centre stage.
Sreeshankar’s event is scheduled to begin at 11.54 PM IST and Chopra will be taking centre stage at 12.12 AM on the morning of the 1st of September.
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Key EventsMurali Sreeshankar, who went into the World Championships with high hopes, had a disappointing showing in Budapest and will look to erase memories of Hungary with a strong performance in Zurich on Thursday.
Chopra clinched the World Athletics Championships gold medal in Hungary and completed the coveted gold set as he added to his Olympics, CWG, and Asian Games tally.
Chopra qualified to the finals with his first throw of the prelims as he shattered the automatic qualification mark to surge into the final, in which his second attempt which came up to the 88.17 mark to seal the gold.
Chopra will take centre stage at 12:12 AM IST, Friday morning, when the javelin throw event gets underway in Switzerland, before which Sreeshankar will be seen contesting in the long jump event.
The broad jumper’s event will begin at 11:54 PM IST on Thursday.
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