Neeraj Chopra wins at Lausanne Diamond League, Sreeshankar fifth in long jump, HIGHLIGHTS

Neeraj will take the first throw in this sixth and final round. He falls down in the follow through and registers a throw of 84.15m. For Weber, the target is 87.66m. A good throw from the German but it is only 87.03m. Neeraj stays ahead. Vadlejch with the final throw of the competition and it is 86.13m. Neeraj follows his triump in Doha with another win in Lausanne!

Neeraj Chopra, you beauty! The Indian takes the lead with a massive throw of 87.66m to take the lead after Weber throws 80.22m. Fouls from Vadlejch and Felfner yet again. Walcott - 80.70m but Peters moves up to fifth with a throw of 82.23m. Foul from Helander. A 79.45m throw for Gailums, his best of the night but he remains in the second-last spot. End of round five. Neeraj, Weber and Vadlejch to get one extra attempt.

Final round of Men’s Long Jump. LaQuan registers an attempt of 7.42m. Tentoglou needs 8.12m to win but he can only come up with a jump of 7.91m. All eyes on Hashioka. Goes for the kill but ends up with a foul. LaQuan Nairn of Bahamas wins the event with an 8.11m jump, his season best.

The fourth round is underway and Weber starts things off with a throw of 81.27m. However, for Neeraj, it is another foul. So, do Vadlejch, Felfner and Walcott. Peters - 81.10m (his best of the night) and Gailums - 74.44m. End of fourth round. Neeraj stays in second position.

Sreeshankar needs at least 7.99m jump to make it to top three and get that one extra attempt but he is unable to do it. He registers a jump of 7.66m and that’s the end of the competition for him. Sreeshankar finishes fifth in the men’s long jump event. Nairn, Tentoglou and Hashioka will get one extra attempt each as they are the top three.

Neeraj continues to improve - a third throw of 85.04m and he is up to second now as Vadlejch could only register 83.70m in this round. Weber - 83.51m but stays on top for now. End of third round and Neeraj stays second.

Sreeshankar registers his worst jump of the event - 7.59m. Only Tentoglou registers a jump of over 8m - 8.05m but Nairn stays on top at the end of round four.

Neeraj with his second throw of the day and it is a legitimate one - 83.52m - which takes him to third spot. Vadlejch - 84.71m - stays second. Peters (80.94m) and Helander (80.40m) both manage to cross the 80m mark while Weber fouls. An 81.70m second throw for Walcott - no improvement. Gailums - 78.44m. Felfner - 79.92m. Thompson - 74.75m. End of second round and Neeraj stays third.

Olympic and Diamond League champion Neeraj Chopra starts with a foul throw. Weber takes the lead with an opening throw of 86.20m. Foul throw from Helander as well while world champion Anderson Peters registers an opening throw of 77.66m. A first throw of 81.85m for Keshorn Walcott while Patriks Gailums begins with 76.44m. Felfner with an opening throw of 81.89m goes third. First round ends with a foul throw from Curtis Thompson.

The Indian registers a jump of 7.88m which puts him back in third position! Tentoglou with his first jump under 8m - 7.97m. Ehammer’s third jump - 7.84m. And we have a new leader! LaQuan Nairn with a massive third jump of 8.11m. Sreeshankar ends the third round in the position he began it with - fifth - as Hashioka registers an attempt finally and it is a big one - 7.98m. The Japanese jumper goes third.

World leader Vadlejch begins with a 82.02m throw.

Sreeshankar’s second jump - 7.63m. Tentoglou, on the other hand, improves his first-round effort and registers 8.07m. Ehammer falls just short of the 8m mark - 7.97m for the local favourite. Furlani with his first legitimate jump and it is a decent one - 7.73m. The Indian is down to fourth now as LaQuan Nairn comes up with a 7.80m jump. Make that fifth for Sreeshankar as Pravdica goes third with 7.83m. Fouls from Montler and Hashioka. End of second round - Sreeshankar at the fifth spot.

The men’s long jump event is underway! Sreeshankar begins with a 7.75m jump. Olympic champion Tentoglou registers 8.05m in his first attempt. Sreeshankar down to third as Ehammer comes up with a 7.82m jump while Furlani begins with a foul. Pravdica, Johnson and Nairn all stay behind Sreeshankar. Montler, last jumper in the first round, matches Sreeshankar’s attempt of 7.75m.

1. Neeraj Chopra - 8 points

2. Jakub Vadlejch - 7 points

3. Anderson Peters - 6 points

4. Julian Weber - 5 points

5. Andrian Mardare - 4 points

1. Simon Ehammer - 15 points

2. Miltiadis Tentoglou - 14 points

3. Marquis Dendy - 7 points

4. M. Sreeshankar - 6 points

5. Thobias Montler - 6 points

1. Jakub Vadlejch (CZE)

2. Neeraj Chopra (IND)

3. Julian Weber (GER)

4. Oliver Helander (FIN)

5. Anderson Peters (GRN)

6. Keshorn Walcott (TTO)

7. Patriks Gailums (LAT)

8. Artur Felfner (UKR)

9. Curtis Thompson (USA)

1. M. Sreeshankar (IND)

2. Miltiadis Tentoglou (GRE)

3. Simon Ehammer (SUI)

4. Mattia Furlani (ITA)

5. LaQuan Nairn (BAH)

6. Filip Pravdica (CRO)

7. Cheswill Johnson (RSA)

8. Yuki Hashioka (JPN)

9. Thobias Montler (SWE)

The men’s long jump event will begin at 12:05 AM IST (July 1) and the javelin throw will start at 12:18 AM IST (July 1).

The 2023 Lausanne Diamond League will be broadcast on Sports18 1 and Sports18 1 HD and live streamed on JioCinema app/website.

Returning to action after a one-month injury lay-off, Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra will seek his second straight top-three finish of the season at the Lausanne leg of the Diamond League in a star-studded field tonight.

The 25-year-old Indian superstar had made a perfect start to the Diamond League season with a top podium finish in Doha on May 5 with a fourth career-best throw of 88.67m but suffered a muscle strain while training later that month.

He issued a statement on May 29 stating his injury and pulled out of the FBK Games on June 4 at Hengelo (the Netherlands) and Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku, Finland on June 13 as a precautionary measure.

Long jumper Murali Sreeshankar will also be in action in his event here. He will be looking to register his second podium finish after taking the third spot in Paris earlier in June with a jump of 8.09m.

The 24-year-old Sreeshankar is coming into the Lausanne Diamond League after a personal best jump of 8.41m en route to winning gold at the National Inter-State Athletics Championships earlier this month, just 1cm shy of the national record of 8.42m which is in the name of Jeswin Aldrin.