Zurich Diamond League 2023 Live Updates - Neeraj Chopra, Sreeshankar qualify for Diamond League final

Neeraj Chopra, Sreeshankar qualify for Diamond League Final

Neeraj Chopra, Murali Sreeshankar qualify for Diamond League final in Eugene in September. Neeraj Chopra participated in three of the four Dimaond Leagues and picked 23 points (8+8+7) while Sreeshankar also competed in three, picking 14 points (6+4+4).

Jakub Vadlejch wins Zurich Diamond League

The World Championships bronze medallist beats the World Champion five days after the Budapest showdown. That's a big morale boost for the European. Neeraj Chopra will now turn his attention to the Asian Games in Huangzhour for a big clash against Arshad Nadeem!

Neeraj Chopra misses the Zurich Diamond Laegue title by just 15cm!

Neeraj Chopra goes big but not far enough as his final attempt lands an 85.71m! Just 15cm short of leading throw of Vadlejch, who wins the Diamond League title as Julian Weber couldn't beat the mark as well!

Neeraj Chopra all set for his final throw!

Neeraj Chopra up next as Vadlejch fouls his final attempt! 85.86m is the mark to beat!

Zurich Diamond League Live Updates

Men's long jump final result

Zurich Diamond League Live Updates

That's the confirmation of the Zurich Diamond League 2024 men's long jump result!

Murali Sreeshankar finishes 5th with a jump of 7.99m, while Miltiadis Tentiglou of #Greece wins title with 8.20m.#ZurichDL @SreeshankarM

— Athletics Federation of India (@afiindia) August 31, 2023

Neeraj Chopra fouls 5th attempt! makes it to the final round!

Third foul of the night by Neeraj Chopra but he is second at 85.22m and among the top three to qualify for the final round, where the top three will compete for the title!

Tentoglou wins Zurich Diamond League in men's long jump!

The reigning World and Olympic champion does it again! Wins the Zurich Diamond League final with his final attempt of 8.20m! Sreeshankar finished fifth with an opening attempt of 7.99m! That was better than his Laussane and Worlds performance but his best at DL remains in Paris earlier this year.

Neeraj Chopra throws 85.22m! Climbs to 2nd!

Neeraj Chopra crosses 85m mark with his fourth attempt of the night! His 85.22m takes him to 2nd behind Jakub Vadlejch, who just threw 85.86m!

Jakub Vadlejech takes lead with a throw of 85.86m!

The Czech thrower improves on his 83.46m to go top! Weber replies with an 85.06m! Finland's Oliver Helander is at third (81.63m) while Neeraj Chopra continues to be at 5th with 80.79m!

Murali Sreeshankar drops to fourth!

USA's Jarrion Lawson jumps 8.05m to go second on the list behind Tajay Gayle (8.07m). Tentoglou drops to third at 8.04m, which came from his second attempt.

Murali Sreeshankar jumps 7.93m in his fourth attempt!

No improvement on his 7.99m yet as he goes 7.93m! The only positive from the jumps are he is really close to the 8m mark but not quite there yet!

Tajay Gayles takes lead in long jumps! Sreeshankar drops to third

Jamaica's 2019 World Champion takes the lead with a jump of 8.07m, leaving Tentoglou at second (8.4m) while Sreeshankar is right behind at 7.99m as his fourth attempt returns a 7.96m! No 8m jump in his last six attempts, including World Championships

Neeraj Chopra fouls his third attempt!

Neeraj Chopra has fouled his third attempt. It's hard to confirm as the event as the images from the men's javelin not being shown yet with World Champion Duplantis attempting a world record in men's pole vault.

Criticism for official broadcasters

Meanwhile fans are pissed at the official broadcasters of Zurich Diamond League in India as none of Neeraj Chopra and Murali Sreeshankar have appeared on the screen yet with the Live coverage focussing on track events

Dear Jio Cinema why you fooled people with Neeraj Chopra face, when you don't want to show Javeline throw event? #NeerajChopra #JioCinema

— POLL GURU (@poll_guru) August 31, 2023

Murali Sreeshankar fouls his third attempt

Sreeshankar continues to be in the second spot at the end of the third round while Tentoglou (8.04m) is at the top!

Neeraj Chopra fouls his second attempt

The World Champion is down at fifth as he fouls his second attempt. Weber continues to be in the lead with his second attempt of 84.75m.

Julian Weber takes lead in javelin!

Germany's Julian Weber takes the lead with a throw of 84.75m right after Jakub Vadlejch threw 83.46m! Neeraj Chopra is currently down at 5th!

Zurich Diamond Legue Live: Men's Long jump

Murali Sreeshankar is second at the end of the second round after his opening jump of 7.99m! World Champion Tentonglou is ahead of the Indian with a jump of 8.04m!

Zurich Diamond Legue Live: Men's javelin throw

Edis Matusevičius takes the lead with a throw of 81.62! Neeraj Chopra is at second with his opening attempt of 80.79m!

Neeraj Chopra throws 80.79m!

Neeraj Chopra starts the night with a jump of 80.79m in his first attempt! Not the range, we are used to seeing with the reigning World Champion.

Murali Sreeshankar jumps 7.96m in his second attempt!

Murali Sreeshankar couldn't go past his opening attempt of 7.99m as he jumped 7.96m, which is also the third-best jump so far. Headwind: 0.5 m/s

Neeraj Chopra Live soon!

The star attraction of the night, Neeraj Chopra will be the first to throw in the men's javelin throw od Zurich Diamond League, which starts at 12:12 PM IST!

Tentoglou with first 8m-plus jump!

That's the first big jump of the night as the Olympic champion leaps an 8.04m! Headwind: 0.4m/s

Murali Sreeshankar in lead after first round!

The first round is over and Murali Sreeshankar is in the lead with his opening attempt of 7.99m!

Murali Sreeshankar in lead

Seven athletes have made their first attempt and Sreeshankar is in the lead for now at 7.99m. World Champion Tentoglou is second at 7.95m!

Murali Sreeshankar jumps 7.99m!

A positive start by Murali Sreeshankar! He jumps a 7.99m, which is higher than his World Championships result (7.74m)! Expectation are to see him improve on that!

Men's long jump

No 8m jumps yet as Swiss athlete Simon Eahammer, 2022 World Championship bronze medallist, jumps a 7.93m!

Men's long jump gets underway!

World Champion Tentoglou starts the event with a jump of 7.95 metre against a headwind of 0.5m! Murali Sreeshankar is fifth in the order.

Will Murali Sreeshankar find his form tonight?

Murali Sreeshankar had an unforgettable World Championship campaign when he finished outside the final qualification zone with a below-par best of 7.74m in three attempts. The 24-year-old long jumper entered the Worlds with high expectations following a jump of 8.41m during the Inter-States in Bhubaneswar earlier this year.

Best wishes to Neeraj Chopra, World Champion from #Budapest2023 , and Murali Sreeshankar both of whom compete in #ZurichDL tonight. Neeraj will be the first to throw while Sree is 5th in the jumping order #IndianAthletics pic.twitter.com/Sn35dZtuVI

— Rahul Bhutani (@BhutaniRahul) August 31, 2023