Neeraj Chopra should qualify for the Diamond League final but the 2018 Asian Games schedule is approaching

Neeraj Chopra finished fifth in the Diamond League Series of Rabat (Morocco) 83.32m. (Source: File Photo)

Spear thrower Neeraj Chopra has a good chance of qualifying for the prestigious Diamond League final on August 30, but the tight gap between the Zurich competition and the Games Asians

Chopra finished fifth in the Diamond League series in Rabat (Morocco) on Friday with a best throw of 83.32m. He has collected four points in the Diamond League and now has a total of 12 points to place in sixth place.

A meeting of the Diamond League (including the javelin) is scheduled for August 18 in Birmingham but Chopra does not take Even though the Asian Games athletics events start on August 25, the men's javelin final at Asiad will be held on August 27, just three days before the final of the Diamond League.

The 8 or 12 best athletes on the discipline) will receive a start in the final of the Diamond League. Of the 32 events (men and women) in the league, half of them, including the men's javelin, will have its final in Zurich on August 30. The final of the remaining events will be played in Brussels on 31 August.

Before Rabat, Chopra participated in two other meetings of the Diamond League. He finished fourth with five points in Doha on May 4th and 6th, with 3 points, in Eugene (USA) on May 25th.

"I do not participate in Birmingham because of the Asian Games, I go directly to Jakarta from Finland (where the javelin group is in training) My last event at the Asian Games will be on August 27 and I do not know if I'll be in Zurich or not, "Chopra told PTI

" I'll do my best to be there (Zurich) but I can not say for sure. Commonwealth Games title with a personal best of 87.43m

The 14 Diamond League games are prestigious competitions among the world's elite athletes. The eight best finishers on each leg receive prizes. For the Diamond League final in Zurich and Brussels, prices were increased with the eight-place winner receiving USD 2,000 and the winner pocketing USD 50,000.

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