Athletics
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:
Live Updates
- 5 July 2025 2:37 PM GMT
Rohit Yadav exited from the competition with a best throw of 77.11m
He has a foul throw on his final attempt, which makes his first throw his best from the event.
But, it wasn't enough for him to keep himself in the top8, and currently sitting in the 9th position.
- 5 July 2025 2:35 PM GMT
Neeraj Chopra has his valid throw of 82.99m
This thow takes him to the top of the leaderboard.
- 5 July 2025 2:26 PM GMT
The conditions are looking a bit tough for all athletes, no one crossing the 80m mark yet
79.97m of Julius Yego is currently the highest by any thrower yet in this field.
- 5 July 2025 2:20 PM GMT
Neeraj Chopra has a foul throw on his first attempt.
Neeraj had an 80m+ throw, but it will not be counted as he fell ahead of the legal runner-up zone, marking it as a foul throw.
- 5 July 2025 2:16 PM GMT
Rumesh Pathirage of Sri Lanka also fails to cross 80m on his first throw
He manages a throw of 71.19m on his first attempt, currently the lowest among all the valid throws.
His SB is 85.41m
