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NC Classic: Good host and great competitor – Neeraj Chopra ready for his dream event on home soil
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NC Classic: Good host and great competitor – Neeraj Chopra ready for his dream event on home soil

Sitting alongside two greats of men’s javelin, Thomas Rohler and Julius Yego, Neeraj Chopra on Friday narrated a pinch-himself-moment from the previous evening.When at the gym in the Kanteerava Stadium, Neeraj saw Rohler and others training on the field. That’s when it struck him that the Neeraj Chopra Classic, his dream project, was just 48 hours away. The two-time Olympic and World Championship medallist was overwhelmed. “I was telling them that I was in the gym, and saw you and the others throwing. It was my dream that it would happen in India and now finally it is here. So thank you,” Neeraj said looking towards Rohler and Yego. Story continues below this ad In a new role as the face of the World Athletics Category A event, Neeraj has knuckled down and got to work ensu...
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Neeraj Chopra wins in Ostrava despite challenge from unheralded South African
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Neeraj Chopra wins in Ostrava despite challenge from unheralded South African

A cool sight at the Mestský Stadion during the 64th Ostrava Golden Spike on Tuesday – one of the popular European one-day athletics meetings – was seeing world javelin record-holder Jan Zelezny strike up a pose right next to the throwing area for the event, dressed in his business-casual attire. The Czechia legend is, of course, closely associated with the Ostrava Golden Spike as the meeting director and athletes in the past have spoken about how cool it is to compete in this event, where his impact is unmissable – in his current role, but also as the meet record holder with 94.64m that he threw in 1996. This time around, he had a ring-side view to watch his Indian ward compete too. In his fifth official event of 2025, Neeraj Chopra registered his third win. He has bagged back-to-back titl...
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Neeraj Chopra at Ostrava Golden Spike 2025 Live Streaming Online: Neeraj to face Rio 2016 champion Thomas Rohler with legend Jan Zelezny watching
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Neeraj Chopra at Ostrava Golden Spike 2025 Live Streaming Online: Neeraj to face Rio 2016 champion Thomas Rohler with legend Jan Zelezny watching

Neeraj Chopra at Ostrava Golden Spike 2025 Live Streaming: Having won the Paris Diamond League title last week, Neeraj Chopra is back in competition today. Neeraj will be competing at the Ostrava Golden Spike event in Czech Republic, an even that his personal coach and javelin legend Jan Zelezny is the tournament director for. After being forced to withdraw from last year’s competition, Neeraj will finally compete at an event he has said was on his radar for a long time. The meeting record belongs to none other than Meeting Director, Zelezny (94.64m). This will be Neeraj’s fifth competitive outing of the 2025 athletics season. He’s competed in two Diamond League meets this season besides breaching the elusive 90m mark at Doha. Story continues below this ad The Ostrava Go...
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Neeraj Chopra javelin throw Live Updates, Janusz Kusocinski Memorial 2025: Neeraj throws 81.28 with his 2nd attempt
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Neeraj Chopra javelin throw Live Updates, Janusz Kusocinski Memorial 2025: Neeraj throws 81.28 with his 2nd attempt

How Neeraj Chopra cleared 90m barrier: Healed groin, higher throw, backwind India's Neeraj Chopra in action during the Men's Javelin Throw. (Reuters) Ever the seeker, Neeraj Chopra was already looking expectantly towards the future as everyone around him was revelling in the present. Not for him the outpouring of emotions, a big sigh or any over-the-top celebrations after doing what no other Indian, and only 24 men globally before him, had done: make the javelin travel more than 90m. 90.23, to be exact. He might have broken the National Record — and the internet — but when, after Friday night’s Diamond League duel, he was enthusiastically asked where this would feature in his long list of achievements, Chopra looked bemused. ‘Achievement?’ he mumbled.... READ MORE Source link...
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Neeraj Chopra’s 90m dream achieved: On ‘bittersweet’ night, Neeraj hopes it is just the beginning for bigger throws
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Neeraj Chopra’s 90m dream achieved: On ‘bittersweet’ night, Neeraj hopes it is just the beginning for bigger throws

A wry smile, a shake of the head, and a side embrace with his fellow competitors. There wouldn’t be a more muted, low-key celebration to any sporting accomplishment than this, let alone when an athlete joins an exclusive club that only a couple of dozen were a part of before Friday night.Indeed, Neeraj Chopra roared and raised his arms in the trademark fashion as he launched the javelin into Doha’s night sky. But that he always does. The difference this time — on this balmy evening with the temperature in the low 30s and very little wind — was that the spear flew and kept flying. By the time it returned to earth, crashing into the other end of the arena, the javelin had travelled the farthest Neeraj — or any other Indian, for that matter — had ever thrown — 90.23m. Three years after coming...
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Neeraj Chopra to compete at Ostrava Golden Spike 2025
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Neeraj Chopra to compete at Ostrava Golden Spike 2025

Double Olympic medallist Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra will compete at the Ostrava Golden Spike 2025 athletics meet in the Czech Republic city on June 24, hoping to be third time lucky after pulling out in the last two editions due to injuries. Neeraj Chopra, a Tokyo Olympics gold medallist, was supposed to participate in the 2023 and 2024 editions of the tournament but pulled out after suffering injuries on both occasions. However, Neeraj Chopra was in Ostrava last year as a special guest of the competition, which is the most prestigious annual athletics event in the country. The tournament will see Neeraj Chopra compete in his legendary new coach Jan Zelezny’s home turf. Story continues below this ad “I am excited to announce that I will take part in the Golden Sp...
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Neeraj Chopra Classic 2025 tickets: From Rs 199 to Rs 44,999, how to buy tickets to watch Olympic champ compete live
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Neeraj Chopra Classic 2025 tickets: From Rs 199 to Rs 44,999, how to buy tickets to watch Olympic champ compete live

Neeraj Chopra will be in action in India later this month in a rare instance of the two-time Olympic medallist competing here. The Tokyo Olympics champion has spent most of his time abroad — training and competing — ever since that fateful evening in Japan’s capital when he became only the second Indian to win an individual gold medal at an Olympics. But now, on May 24, Neeraj Chopra will face off against an elite field in a competition bearing his name. The event will be held on Saturday, May 24 at the Sri Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru. The prestigious event was initially set to be hosted at Panchkula’s Tau Devi Lal Stadium, which is in Neeraj’s home state of Haryana. But due to a issue with the floodlights at the initial venue, the event was moved to Bengaluru. The Neeraj Chopra Clas...
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Meet the international contingent of Neeraj Chopra’s NC Classic: Former World champion, ‘Mr YouTube’, a German all-time great
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Meet the international contingent of Neeraj Chopra’s NC Classic: Former World champion, ‘Mr YouTube’, a German all-time great

Neeraj Chopra’s team on Thursday night confirmed the list of international athletes for a first-of-its-kind Category A javelin event in India, the eponymous NC Classic to be held in Bengaluru on May 24. Aside from the Paris Olympics gold medallist being absent, there is still enough starpower in the final international lineup in the men’s javelin only event. The list of Indian contenders – apart from Neeraj Chopra, of course – is still to be confirmed. Story continues below this ad Anderson Peters (Grenada): Neeraj Chopra and Anderson Peters go way back. They have been competing against each other since 2016, starting from the IAAF U20 World Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland. It was Neeraj’s first international breakthrough as he threw 86.48m to create a new Junior World ...
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