If India’s newly-crowned javelin World Champion Neeraj Chopra needs help to get the spectators to cheer for him in Zurich during the Diamond League on Thursday night, help is at hand. Always the showman, Italy’s high jump World Champion Gianmarco Tamberi has promised to do his bit for the Indian star.
“Tomorrow Gianmarco told me that ‘I will cheer for you with public’ and I will also try to cheer for him,” Chopra said at the pre-competition press conference on Wednesday.
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.