Athletics, Zurich Diamond League as it happened: Chopra finishes 2nd; Sreeshankar into DL Final

That’s it from us tonight! Thank you and good night!

Zurich Diamond League meet: No wins for either Neeraj Chopra or Sreeshankar Murali tonight. But a decent outing nonetheless for both. Chopra was possibly fatigued after winning the World Championships last week and needed some time to get going but did enough to reach the final and fell just 15cm short of another first-placed finish at DL meet. Sreeshankar joined Chopra in the Diamond League Final which will be held in Eugene, USA after finishing the season third with 14 points. Crucially, he had some good jumps to showcase after a poor outing at the Worlds last week.

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Neeraj Chopra with his best throw of the night, 85.71m. But that's not enough to put him into the lead.

This is the first time this season he hasn't finished at the top of the podium.

Blog: https://t.co/vH5fzEz1LD pic.twitter.com/Wx2oiVY1lf— The Field (@thefield_in) August 31, 2023

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Neeraj Chopra falls just .15m short of Vadlejch’s best attempt and finishes second in Zurich!

The first time this season that Chopra has not finished on top of the podium in a competitonhttps://t.co/UPPBiUMhoz pic.twitter.com/WrnfEWgeZd— Dilip Unnikrishnan (@DilipUnnikrishn) August 31, 2023

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