India, May 16 -- The Doha Diamond League event on Friday will see Neeraj Chopra in action at the Suheid bin Hamid Stadium in Qatar. He will be aiming to bag gold in a field of 11 athletes, including Indian colleague Kishore Jena.

In the upcoming event, we will also see Gulveer Singh in action in the 5000m race and Parul Chaudhary in the 3000m steeplechase.

A huge absence in the men's javelin event will be reigning Olympic men's champion Arshad Nadeem. Nadeem is currently preparaing for the upcoming Asian Athletics Championship, which will be held in South Korea from May 27-31.

Nadeem will be leaving for Gumi on May 22 for the Asian Athletics C'ship.

In Arshad's absence, Neeraj will be looking to cross the elusive 90m barrier mark. Spe...