India's Neeraj Chopra won the gold medal in Lausanne Diamond League

India's Neeraj Chopra won the gold medal in Lausanne Diamond League

 In the Lausanne Diamond League, Olympic champion Neeraj returned from injury by throwing the javelin to a distance of 87.66 meters. Neeraj started the year by winning the Doha Diamond League with a throw of 88.67m.

 The 25-year-old pulled out of the FBK Games in Hengelo (Netherlands) on June 4 and the Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku, Finland on June 13 due to a hamstring injury.

 The silver medal of the Lausanne Diamond League competition was won by Germany's Julian Weber. He threw the javelin to a distance of 87.03 meters. Jakob Wadlich of the Czech Republic finished third.

 In the men's long jump, India's Murali Sreeshankar finished fifth with a jump of 7.88m, which he achieved in the third round.

Awards won by Neeraj Chopra:

 Neeraj Chopra was awarded the Arjuna Award for Athletics in 2018.

 He was again awarded the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award in 2021.

 In 2022, Neeraj was honored with the Padma Shri Award.

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