Diamond League season finale: Neeraj Chopra, Avinash Sable spearhead Indian challenge
The Hindu
Top athletes, including Neeraj Chopra and Avinash Sable, compete in the Diamond League season finale in Brussels.
Javelin throw star Neeraj Chopra will have lofty expectations to live up to, while for steeplechaser Avinash Sable, it would be an opportunity to make up for a disappointing Olympics, when the the star-studded Diamond League season finale begins in Brussels on Friday (September 13, 2024), featuring the best of world athletics.
The showpiece is spread over two days for the first time and the field features top athletes from all continents, including an unprecedented number of Olympic medal winners, who will be vying for the top honours in 32 disciplines.
Pole vault world record holder Armand DuPlantis, American sprint queen Sha'Carri Richardson, and superstar hurdler Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone are among the big names who will light up the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels.
National record-holding 3000m steeplechaser Sable, after finishing 11th in the Olympic Games, will be in action on Friday in his maiden appearance in the DL season finale.
Chopra, who added a silver to his Olympic medal tally in Paris following a historic gold in the Tokyo Games, will be aiming to end his season on a high on Saturday.
It is for the first time that a DL finale features two Indians.
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