Neeraj Chopra wins Gold in Ostrava Golden Spike event with best throw of 85.29m

Neeraj Chopra is nicknamed India's ‘golden boy’ for a reason - the star javelin thrower has made it a habit to finish atop the podium whenever he gets the chance and that continued when he competed in the Ostrava Golden Spike event on Tuesday (June 24). Chopra managed to win the event despite not throwing at anywhere near his best in the athletics meet, as an 85.29m throw was enough to get him the top spot. 

Neeraj finished ahead of Douw Smit of South Africa and old rival Anderson Peters from Granada, who was far from his usual best at this particular athletics meet. It was Neeraj's second straight win after the Paris Diamond League 2025



event win.

Neeraj came out of the blocks slow as his first throw was something of a tune-up and still landed at a respectable 83.45m. 

He then followed that up with an 85.29m throw that turned out to be good enough to win him the title altogether. 

Neeraj managed to land 82.17 on his third attempt and then followed that up with an 81.01m throw but it was his second throw that did the job in the end. 

His final throw was a foul but it did not matter as neither Smit nor Peters were able to overcome his second effort and thus it was the Indian who claimed the title.