Reigning javelin throw world champion Neeraj Chopra will not compete at the Brussels Diamond League 2025 in Belgium on Friday.
The two-time Olympic medallist has already secured his spot in the Diamond League Final in Zurich on August 27-28, having collected 15 points from his two appearances this season.
The men’s javelin throw final, which will decide the 2025 Diamond League champion, is scheduled for August 28. Neeraj, the 2022 Diamond League champion and runner-up in 2023 and 2024, is yet to announce his participation in Zurich.
Brussels will be the fourth and final Diamond League meeting this year to feature the men’s javelin throw event. Neeraj, however, has opted to skip the leg, just as he did in Silesia earlier this month.
Neeraj finished runner-up in the 2024 Diamond League Final with an attempt of 87.86m, losing the title to Grenada’s Anderson Peters by one centimetre.
In his two Diamond League appearances this season, the 27-year-old Indian athlete claimed victory in Paris with a throw of 88.16m after producing a national record-breaking 90.23m effort to finish behind Julian Weber of Germany in Doha.
Alongside Chopra, Weber (15 points) and Trinidad and Tobago’s Keshorn Walcott (17 points) have also confirmed their qualification for the Zurich Final.
Both Weber and Walcott will compete in Brussels, while the remaining slots for the six-man final in Zurich will be decided after Friday’s meet.
Neeraj’s last outing was at the NC Classic in Bengaluru on July 5, where he won with an 86.18m throw.