NC Classic 2025: Neeraj Chopra wins his third consecutive international meet-Highlights
Catch all the highlights from the 2025 Neeraj Chopra Classic, country's first-ever World Athletics gold-tier meet.
Indian athletics took a giant step forward today by hosting its first-ever global javelin-only meet, Neeraj Chopra Classic, at the Sree Kanteerva Stadium in Bengaluru.
The Indian 'Golden Boy' Neeraj Chopra led the tournament from the front, guiding four more Indian athletes - Sachin Yadav, Rohit Yadav, Yashvir Singh, and Sahil Silwal- who compete alongside him.
Neeraj came to India with two consecutive wins last month and now extended his run to three in front of the home crowd with a brilliant throw of 86.16m to clinch the inaugural NC Classic title.
As it happened:
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Medalists
Gold - Neeraj Chopra (IND) - 86.18m
Silver - Julius Yego (KEN) - 84.51m - SB
Bronze - Rumesh Pathirage (SRI) - 84.34m
Neeraj Chopra thanked his fans for the support he received for the tournament. Neeraj's family was also there in the stadium to watch their son create history.
A third consecutive title for the two-time Olympic Champion, looking in good shape before heading to the Major World Championships 2025 in Tokyo later this year in September.
This was his 25th consecutive Top-2 finish, which will be joint second in the long javelin history just behind his coach Jan Železný.
A season-best throw with a top-2 finish: An event to remember for the oldest man in the field.
This is one of the biggest International medals for the young man from the Island country, which will give him some crucial ranking points for the 2025 World Championships Qualification.
Luiz was one of the most in-form players among this 12-man field, but he could not deliver to finish outside the top 5.
Finished 8th with the best of 79.65m.
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