New Delhi, May 16 -- Having finished second in the Diamond League in the past two years, Neeraj Chopra will begin his pursuit of a title in Doha at the Suheid bin Hamid Stadium in Qatar on Friday. The Indian will be among the 11 top javelin throwers from around the world. The two-time Olympic medallist topped the podium in an invitational meet in South Africa in the lead up to the Doha Diamond League.

In Doha, Neeraj will be joined by fellow Kishore Jena, as well as 2023 and 2024 winners Jakub Vadlejch and Anderson Peters respectively. However, the most notable miss is Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem, who struck gold at the Paris Olympics last year. Julian Weber and Max Dehning of Germany, Julius Yego of Kenya and Roderick Genki Dean of Japan a...