Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra began his Diamond League title defence with a comfortable win in the season-opening leg in Doha in the first week of May 2023.
- The 25-year-old Chopra, who had pocketed the 2022 Diamond League Final trophy in Switzerland last September, beat a star-studded field with a best throw of 88.67m to begin his season in style.
- Chopra hit his straps in his first attempt itself with a world-leading throw of 88.67m, which was his fourth career-best effort, to position himself on the top of the pile.
About Diamond League
- The Diamond League is an annual series of elite track and field competitions.
- It was started in 2010 as a replacement for the previous IAAF Golden League and IAAF World Athletics Final events.
- The Diamond League is organised by World Athletics (formerly IAAF or International Association of Athletics Federations), the international governing body for athletics.
- In 2023, the league consists of 14 (13 series meetings plus one final), one-day meets, to be held between May and September, with men and women competing in a total of 32 disciplines.
- The host cities include Doha, Rabat, Rome/Florence, Paris, Oslo, Lausanne, Stockholm, Silesia, Monaco, London, Zurich, Shenzhen, Brussels, and Eugene.
- The season opener at Doha hosted 14 events (six for women and eight for men).
- The events were: Pole Vault (w), Discus (m), Triple jump (m), 400m (w), 3000 m Steeplechase (w), High Jump (m), 400m Hurdles (m), Javelin (m), 100m Hurdles (w), 800m (m), 100m (w), 3000m (m), 200m (m) and 1500m (w).
