Neeraj Chopra at ostrava Golden Spike Meet: India’s Golden Boy Neeraj Chopra has once again created history. Just four days after winning the Paris Diamond League, India’s Bhalafenk superstar Neeraj Chopra won the title for the first time in the Ostrava Golden Spike Meat held in the Czech Republic on Tuesday (24 June). Two -time Olympic medalist Chopra won the Paris Diamond League on 20 June. He captured the title by throwing an 85.29 meter throw among 9 players in the Gold Tournament of the World Athletics subcontinental tour.
Dow Smit of South Africa finished second with a throw of 84.12 meters. While two -time world champion Granada’s Anderson Peters finished third with a first throw of 83.63 meters. Chopra was third after the second round. He started with Foul but then thrown an throw of 83.45 meters.
He topped the third round with a throw of 85.29 meters. His next two throws were 82.17 meters and 81.01 meters. While the last throw was foul. The Gold Medal winner of Rio Olympic 2016 finished seventh with a throw of Germany’s Thomas Rohler 79.18 meters. Julian Weber of Germany did not participate in this tournament. Due to this, two -time Olympic medalist Chopra was considered the most strong contender.
In the last two seasons, he could not play here for fitness reasons. His coach Jaan Zelainji has won the title nine times here. Chopra, 27, finished second in May this session by crossing the 90 meter barrier in the Doha Diamond League in May. After this, Paris won the Diamond League title.
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Chopra was part of the Asia Pacific team in the IAAF Continental Cup in 2018 here. At this time he finished sixth with a throw of 80.24 meters. He will now participate in Neeraj Chopra Classic in Bengaluru on July 5, in which Peters and Rohaler are also playing. The event was scheduled to be held on 24 May. But after the Pahalgam attack, it was postponed for July 5 due to the border tension between India and Pakistan.
