Neeraj Chopra Classic Highlights: Neeraj Chopra wins after best throw of 86.18m

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Neeraj Chopra Classic Live: Neeraj Chopra wins Neeraj Chopra Classic 2025! His best effort of 86.18m came in the third attempt. He rounds the competition off with a throw of 82.22m. 

Kenya's Yego finishes second while Sri Lanka's Rumesh Pathirage finishes third

Neeraj Chopra Classic Live: Neeraj once again goes past the 80m mark as he throws 84.07m in his fifth attempt. Just one more round left! Neeraj is the favourite to win the contest! 

Neeraj Chopra Classic Live: Neeraj Chopra's fourth attempt is a foul! However, he remains in the lead after underwhelming throws from the remaining participants in the fourth round. 

Neeraj Chopra Classic Live: Kenya's Julius Yego registers a superb throw of 84.51m in his fourth attempt, which happens to be his season-best effort. 

Yego moves up to the 2nd place! 

Neeraj Chopra Classic Live: The third attempt of Neeraj Chopra fetches a throw of 86.18m. He reclaims the lead from Sri Lanka's Rumesh Pathirage. Neeraj roars loudly as he knows the lead is truly his and all the pressure is now on the rest of the participants. 

Neeraj Chopra Classic Live: Rumesh Pathirage of Sri Lanka registers a throw of 84.34m and hence he takes the lead from Neeraj. The Indian moves to the second spot while Sachin Yadav moves to third. 

Neeraj Chopra Classic Live: India's Sachin Yadav comes up with an effort of 82.33m in his third attempt and as a result, he moves to the second spot in the competition, only behind Neeraj Chopra. 

Neeraj Chopra Classic Live: Rohit is in 9th place as he began his third throw and he was not able to improve his mark, meaning his night was over. 

Czechia's Konecny also bows out as he cannot improve his best effort of 71.99.

Will Rohler exits as well with a best mark of 75.85m. 

Neeraj Chopra Classic Live: Neeraj Chopra finally finds the groove. He registers the best throw of the event so far. He records a throw of 82.99m in his second attempt.

The Paris Olympics silver medalist takes the lead! 

Neeraj Chopra Classic Live: Sri Lanka's Rumesh Pathirage takes the lead as he registers a second throw of 81.90m. He really let it rip and it showed in his effort. Things are finally hotting up in Bengaluru. 

Neeraj Chopra Classic Live: Sahil Silwal's 2nd throw is 75.55m, while Rohit registers a throw of 75.28m. Martin Konceny also throws a below-par 71.99m throw.

Kenya's Yego finally goes past the 80m mark. He registers a throw of 80.07m. India's Sachin Yadav registers a second throw of 77.30m. 

Neeraj Chopra Classic Live: Neeraj Chopra threw over the 80m mark but he crossed the line hence his first attempt is a foul. It will not be counted! After first round, we are yet to see someone cross the 80m mark. 

Neeraj Chopra Classic Live: Even USA's Curtis Thompson is unable to breach the 80m mark in his first attempt. All eyes are now on Neeraj whether he can gain the lead straight away. 

Neeraj Chopra Classic Live: Julius Yego of Kenya registers the best throw of the event so far as he comes up with an effort of 79.97m. 

India's Sachin Yadav crosses the line hence his first effort is disqualified. 

Neeraj Chopra Classic Live: Czechia's Martin Konecny is slow off the blocks! He steps the line; hence, his first attempt is a foul throw. 

Germany's Thomas Roehler goes past the 75m mark. All javelin throwers have been slow off the blocks so far! He registers a throw of 75.85m. 

Neeraj Chopra Classic Live: Sahil Silwal roars after taking his first throw. His first attempt throw is of 77.48m. It's decent throw to start the event off with. 

Rohit Yadav is next up! There are no roars from him! He falls short of the 80m mark as he registers a throw of 77.11m. 

Neeraj Chopra Classic Live: It's time for the Indian national anthem. Pin drop silence in the stadium as the crowd stands up. We are just minutes away from the live action to begin. 

Neeraj Chopra Classic Live: At last, Neeraj Chopra makes his way to the middle. The crowd erupts and goes made as the sensation comes out. He waves towards the supporters and they cannot control his excitement. Bengaluru is out of control in their love for Neeraj Chopra!

What an atmosphere. The Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is also in attendance for the event. 

Neeraj Chopra Classic Live: The event is about to start! The participants are making their way on the field. India's Sahil Silwal and Rohit Yadav have already made their way to the middle! Let the action commence. 

Neeraj Chopra Classic Live:  Here are the full rules. There are a total of 12 athletes, and a total of six rounds will take place. Each thrower will get six throws. The bottom four after the first three rounds will be eliminated. 

The order will then be reversed. The top eight will throw in reverse ranking from round 4 onwards. The throwing order will get updated after rounds four and five.

The best single throw will be determined as the final ranking. 

Neeraj Chopra Classic Live: Speaking to the host broadcasters, Tejaswin Shankar says there is a lot of wind at the venue in Bengaluru today, so it will help the throwers today. He reckons 90m is on the cards for Neeraj Chopra. 

Neeraj Chopra Classic Live: Neeraj Chopra said that he is feeling very good to be hosting an international event in India. He goes on to thank all the people who have made it possible. 

Speaking to the host broadcaster, he said, “It is a dream. It is finally happening. For a long time, I wanted to have one event in the country where international athletes. It is happening for the first time. A lot of people have supported in this venture. I want to thank all of them. It is possible because of their efforts. I am feeling very good.”

Neeraj Chopra Classic Live: Neeraj Chopra felicitated his own coach, Jan Zelezny, before the event. Broadcaster Richard Newman calls the Indian star “a true big superstar”. The live broadcast for the event has started. The event will start soon!

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Neeraj Chopra Classic Live: Meanwhile, in England, Rishabh Pant entertained with his aggressive knock. His innings included the left-hander losing control of his bat. In trying to look for a big shot, he flung his bat towards the leg side on two occasions.