Neeraj Chopra faces Rumesh Pathirage in Lausanne Diamond League
Indian javelin champion Neeraj Chopra will compete against Sri Lanka's Rumesh Pathirage at the Lausanne Diamond League three weeks after Pathirage won gold and Chopra took silver at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Pathirage has dominated the season, winning eight of nine events and recording a season best of 92.62m, while Chopra is on a comeback from a lower back injury and posted 85.83m in Glasgow. Chopra sits seventh with six Diamond League points and needs higher placement to reach the top-six automatic qualifiers for the Brussels finals; Pathirage and Anderson Peters have already qualified.
Chopra is seventh in Diamond League standings with six points.
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The Glasgow Commonwealth Games happened three weeks before Lausanne. Pathirage won gold and Chopra won silver there. The Lausanne result could change Diamond League final qualification ahead of Zurich and Brussels.
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