Neeraj Chopra finishes 8th at the 2025 World Athletics Championships with a throw of 84.03m, citing a back injury. Rising star Sachin Yadav shines with a personal best of 86.27m, finishing 4th.
Shivam Lohakare, 20, breaks Neeraj Chopra’s javelin record with an 84.31m throw at the Inter Services meet, earning praise from the Olympic champ.
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
Reigning javelin world champion Neeraj Chopra will be back in action at the prestigious Ostrava Golden Spike 2025 athletics meet in the Czech Republic tonight. Chopra’s event is scheduled to begin at 10:30 PM IST.
Chopra, the current Asian Games gold medalist and Diamond League Finals winner will be challenged by Max Dehning of Germany, the youngest member of the coveted 90m club and also the season leader
With an unusual slow start, Chopra’s spear landed at 88.36 metre, just 2 cenitmetres short of event topper Jakub Vadlejch’s 88.38 metre
Czech player Jakub vadlejchgot bronze Kishore Jena finished 5th and DP Manu at 6th in the javelin throw event
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