It was a cloudy and chilly Friday night in Lausanne as Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra returned to competition after a month-long injury break. The World No. 1 javelin thrower was the defending champion at the Lausanne Diamond League and as he lined up, a lot of things were running on his mind.
“I was feeling a bit nervous coming back from an injury. It was a bit cold,” said Chopra after winning the title, his second Diamond League victory this year, with a fifth-round effort of 87.66m.
“I am still far from my best but I feel it is getting better. I’m relieved it’s coming together well for me. I wanted to win but I also want to go back to training and fix some of the things that I noticed and that are going to make me stronger,” explained the 25-year-old who beat German Julian Weber (87.03m) — the leader till Chopra’s fifth-round effort — and Czech Republic’s Olympic silver medallist Jakub Vadlejch (86.13).
