Neeraj Chopra dominates Ostrava Golden Spike 2025, wins it with one spherical to spare

India’s Olympic champion and reigning world champion Neeraj Chopra received the lads’s javelin occasion on the
Ostrava Golden Spike 2025
within the Czech Republic on Tuesday evening. He threw 85.29 metres in his third try to complete on high of the standings.

Neeraj makes good comeback after early setback

Neeraj had a tough begin, as his first throw was a foul. However he shortly recovered with an 83.45m throw within the second spherical after which threw his better of the evening within the third spherical. That huge throw gave him the lead, and nobody else may go previous it.

South Africa’s Douw Smit got here second with a private better of 84.12m, whereas former world champion Anderson Peters from Grenada completed third with 83.63m. German star Thomas Rohler, the 2016 Rio Olympic gold medallist, was additionally within the occasion however may solely handle a better of 79.18m.

Neeraj registers second straight win of 2025

Neeraj’s newest victory has come simply 4 days after his high efficiency on the Paris Diamond League, the place he received in opposition to the likes of Julian Weber and Peters. Neeraj threw 88.16m to win the title. Weber (87.88m) completed second, whereas Luis da Silva (86.62m) of Brazil shocked everybody to take the third spot. Peters got here fifth.

Earlier than that, Neeraj took half within the Doha Diamond League and completed second regardless of registering a throw of over 90m (90.23m), the primary for the Indian ace. He was outperformed by Weber, who additionally registered his first-ever 90m throw (91.06m) and went previous Neeraj within the last spherical.