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  • 7/5/2025
Bengaluru, July 5, 2025 (ANI):Two-time Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra took the top honours in the inaugural edition of the Neeraj Chopra Classic, a competition named after him at Sri Kanteerava Outdoor Stadium in Bengaluru on Saturday. The reigning javelin throw champion stood triumphant with 86.18m in a competition named after him. Kenya's Julius Yego notched up his season best and settled for second with 84.51m. Sri Lanka's Rumesh Pathirage claimed the third position with a best throw of 84.34m.On the World Championship, Ace javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra said, "It is the biggest competition of this year and we won gold last time in the World Championship. We will work hard to defend that title, and we have to work hard for that. Now I will prepare for the World Championship." On winning the Neeraj Chopra (NC) Classic in Bengaluru, he said, "It was good... I am happy with my performance. I could have thrown a better throw, but today we did not have the conditions. Still, it feels very good that the competition was very good..."

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00:00It was a very good day. It was a little pressure day because it was so bad and everything was so bad.
00:07Plus, I had a mind and my mind was running out of my mind.
00:12But then, I had a headwind with a lot of performance.
00:16It was a good throw, but today I didn't have a good condition.
00:20But then, it was very good.
00:22The competition was very good.
00:23It was tough.
00:24It was 2.84m, 1.86m and the rest of it was very good.
00:28The competition was very good.
00:30Now, the competition was great.
00:32One of the things we did, the first time we won the World Championship.
00:36We are saying that our wish for champion, the challenge of the champion.
00:40That is the biggest competition for this year.
00:44We won the World Championship last time.
00:47We will all try to defend our title for the title.
00:50We will all try to defend our title.
00:52We will try to do the title for the title.
00:54We will try to improve the technique and work with the coach.
00:57I'm excited to be here.
00:59I'm alive.
01:00I took a good job.
01:01It was just a good match.
01:02It's very good to be here.
01:03We will take a good match.

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