The Diamond League Season 2024 Final is set to take place in Brussels in Belgium on Friday (September 13) and Saturday (September 14) nights at the King Baudouin Stadium. Two Indians – javelin star Neeraj Chopra and 3,000m steeplechaser Avinash Sable are in fray to win the top prize at the prestigious athletics event.
On Day 1 of the Finals, Sable will make his Diamond League final debut in Brussels. Sable’s event starts at 1239am IST on Friday night IST. He is currently ranked No. 14 in the standings for his discipline, Sable will compete against leading contenders such as Samuel Firewu (Ethiopia), Amos Serem (Kenya), Abraham Kibiwot (Kenya) and Getnet Wale (Ethiopia).
Sable had finished sixth with a national record time of 8:09.91 in the Paris leg of the Diamond League in July and was 14th at the Silesia leg in August.
Day 2 will feature Paris 2024 silver medallist Neeraj Chopra, competing in the men’s Javelin throw final. Neeraj, who currently holds 4th place in the standings with 14 points from his performances in Doha and Lausanne Diamond League, will face tough competition from Paris 2024 bronze medallist and points leader Anderson Peters (Grenada), as well as Germany’s Julian Weber, among others.
Grenada’s Anderson Peters finished on top of the standings with 29 points while Germany’s Julian Webber was second with 21 points. Jakub Vadlejch of Czechia, the defending champion, finished third with 16 points. Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem, the Paris 2024 Olympics gold medallist, competed just once in the Diamond League this year. He did not make the cut for the Brussels final.
The Diamond League 2024 Final will feature some of the best athletes in the world, including multiple world record breakers like pole vaulter Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis (Sweden) and 400m hurdles star Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (400m hurdles; USA), along with Paris 2024 medallists such as long-distance runner Faith Kipyegon (Kenya), 200m sensation Letsile Tebogo (Botswana), long-distance runner Jakob Ingebrigtsen (Norway), 100m runners Sha’Carri Richardson (USA) and Julien Alfred (Saint Lucia), among many others.
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Here are all the details about Diamond League 2024 Final in Brussels…
The Diamond League 2024 season Final will take place on September 13 and 14, 2024.
The Diamond League 2024 season Final is being held at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, Belgium.
Indian 3,000m steeplechaser Avinash Sable’s final in Diamond League 2024 final will take place from 12.39am IST on Friday night and Neeraj Chopra’s men’s javelin final will start at 1.52am IST on Saturday night.
The Diamond League 2024 Final will be LIVE on Sports18 channels in India.
The Diamond League 2024 Final will be available for livestreaming on Jio Cinema website and app in India.
