After Neeraj Chopra revealed on Wednesday on the sidelines of the Zurich Diamond League event that Italy’s high jump World Champion Gianmarco Tamberi had said that he will support the Indian javelin star to reach the elusive 90-m, mark, the two athletes were seen combining in training before their respective events.
In a series of videos on Instagram, Tamberi can be seem jumping over a javelin which Chopra had held and then the latter would proceed to hurl the javelin across the field. “Always time for some fun in training. All set for #ZurichDL with my friend @gianmarcotamberi. Let’s support each other tonight!,” Chopra commented on the video while Tamberi replied, “My bro! We are going to have fun tonight!”
In another video, Tamberi can be seen throwing a javelin and it was captioned, “Neeraj Chopra taught me how to do javelin.”
Both athletes will be action in their respective events in the Zurich Diamond League on Thursday.
“Tomorrow Gianmarco told me that ‘I will cheer for you with public’ and I will also try to cheer for him,” Chopra had said at the pre-competition press conference on Wednesday.
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Tamberi immediately responded saying he would get the spectators in the Stadion Letzigrund stadium on their feet.
“I spoke with him before in the car and he [Chopra] told me ‘I really want this 90 metres’. I told him, man we are in Zurich, everything is possible because the crowd is just amazing. I will do the crowd… the last two metres, I will do it for you. Concentrate on 89 (metres),” Tamberi said jokingly.
The 25-year-old Chopra is in Zurich to bag points to ensure he qualifies for the Diamond League final in Eugene in mid-September. Chopra is the defending Diamond League champion and is third on the points table (16 pts) after wins in Doha and Lausanne. He missed out on points as he didn’t participate in the Monaco Diamond League in July because he was focussing on recovery from an adductor muscle strain ahead of the World Championships.
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