India, Aug. 28 -- With a crowning victory in his debut season but two achingly close runner-up finishes in the following two years, the Diamond League championship is something that Neeraj Chopra doesn't want to make a habit of finishing second in. As he returns to Zurich for the Weltklasse to close out this Diamond League season, the Indian hurler will want to remember what it felt like to win the championship at the same venue in 2022, and repeat the trick this year.

Qualifying after accruing 15 points by finishing in second place in Doha and winning the event at the Meeting de Paris, Chopra has given himself another chance of winning his second championship. In his way stands Julian Weber, the German who won two of the four javelin ev...