Good Sports: Neeraj Chopra Wins Neeraj Chopra Classic
The first ever Neeraj Chopra Classic was held last month at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru and who else should win it but Chopra himself. It was India’s first ever international javelin tournament and the first World Athletics gold tier event in India.
Before Chopra became India’s first Olympic gold medalist in a track and field event, it would have seemed unfathomable that a crowd of almost 15,000 would gather in India to watch javelin throwing. But there they were, cheering Chopra to victory.
“It was emotional. I wasn’t expecting such a turnout,” Chopra said. “It made me want to throw further. But also, it added pressure.”
He won gold with a throw of 86.18 meters, finishing ahead of Kenya’s Julius Yego (84.51 meters), an Olympic silver medalist in 2016. Sri Lanka’s Rumesh Pathirage won bronze with a throw of 84.34 meters.
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Compiled and partly written by Indian humorist MELVIN DURAI, author of the novel Bala Takes the Plunge.
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