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 2:03 PM GMT
Neeraj Chopra has entered the arena among the loudest of the cheers possible
The stadium is highly packed and they will be hoping to see their 'Golden Boy' on top of the Podium.
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- 5 July 2025 1:55 PM GMT
Sahil Silwal will begin the competition with the opening throw at 7:30 PM IST
The other 11 athletes will follow him one by one for the first three rounds. Then, the best 8 athletes will advance to the final round of three throws, whereas the other four will be eliminated.
The best thrower after the six rounds of throws will be crowned champion of the event.
- 5 July 2025 1:45 PM GMT
Neeraj Chopra is currently on a two-match winning streak on the international circuit
Neeraj's season so far:
- Ostrava Golden Spike - 85.29m - Champion
- Paris Diamond Discipline - 88.16m - Champion
- Janusz Kusocinski Memorial - 84.14m - Runners-up
- Doha Diamond League - 90.23m - Runners-up
- Potch Invitational Meet - 84.52m - Champion
- 5 July 2025 1:31 PM GMT
The athletes are entering the field for the pre-event warmup routine
Meanwhile, Bengaluru's weather has turned slightly overcast, but Kanteerava Stadium remains packed with enthusiastic fans streaming in to cheer for their hero.
- 5 July 2025 1:15 PM GMT
Here are the top five throwers of the year based on the season's best throws
Neeraj Chopra has the highest season best in this field and is the only javelin thrower to have a 90m+ throw this season.
Top five season-best throws from the Neeraj Chopra Classic start list.
- Neeraj Chopra (IND) - 90.23m
- Curtis Thompson (USA) - 87.76m
- Luis Mauricio (BRA) - 86.62m
- Cyprian Mryzglod (POL) - 85.92m
- Rumesh Pathirage (SRI) - 85.41m
- 5 July 2025 12:50 PM GMT
Here is the start list of this historic inaugural edition of NC Classic
The start-list features seven foreign and five Indian athletes, including two Olympic champions: Neeraj Chopra (2020) and Thomas Röhler (2016).
- 1 Sahil Silwal (India)
- 2 Rohit Yadav (India)
- 3 Martin Konecny (Czech Republic)
- 4 Thomas Rohler (Germany)
- 5 Yashvir Singh (India)
- 6 Julius Yego (Kenya)
- 7 Sachin Yadav (India)
- 8 Rumesh Pathirage (Sri Lanka)
- 9 Cyprian Mrzygłod (Poland)
- 10 Luiz Mauricio Da Silva (Brazil)
- 11 Curtis Thompson (USA)
- 12 Neeraj Chopra (India)
