Diamond League Final: Neeraj Chopra aims to defend title – All you need to know

Having won the World Athletics Championships gold, Chopra returns to action as he looks defend his Diamond League Final crown.

Sep 16, 2023 - 15:30

Diamond League Final: Neeraj Chopra aims to defend title – All you need to know

Fresh from having won his first World Athletics Championship gold medal, star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra will take to the Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon in the United States to defend his Diamond League Final title.

The final in Eugene will be Chopra’s penultimate appearance before he ends the long season at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China in a fortnight.

Chopra is the only Indian competing in Eugene after 3000m steeplechaser Avinash Sable and long jumper Sreeshankar Murali pulled out of the event to focus on the Asian Games.

Wanda Diamond League Final 2023 ???? pic.twitter.com/CEs2hubFwM— Neeraj Chopra (@Neeraj_chopra1) September 16, 2023

Diamond League refresher

The Diamond League Final is the culmination of 13 Diamond League meets held in as many cities over the course of four months. At the Diamond League meets, athletes from 16 disciplines compete for points. Not all events are in one meet, with each meet featuring a collection of different disciplines.

At the end of the 13 meets, the athletes with the most points, according to each discipline, qualify for the final. At each of the meetings where their event is featured, athletes are awarded 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 or 1 points for ranking first to eighth respectively. The top six in the field events, top eight for...