Neeraj Chopra won the title of Ostrava Golden Spike 2025

Updated: 24-06-2025, 08.15 PM

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India’s star spear throw player Neeraj Chopra topped the Ostrava Golden Spike 2025. 2 -time Olympic medalist Neeraj named the competition with the best attempt of 85.29 meters. With this, he won his second title in less than a week. Let us know that Neeraj also won the Paris Diamond League title last week.

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This was Neeraj’s performance

Neeraj fouled in his first attempt. He threw a spear 83.45 meters away in his second attempt. He then threw 85.29 meters javelin in his third attempt. His effort proved to be decisive. He then tried 82.17 and 81.01 meters respectively. This event held in the Czech Republic was Neeraj’s 5th competitive tournament in the 2025 athletics season. The director of this tournament is Neeraj’s personal coach and javelin throw veteran Jan Jyller.

Anderson Peters secured third place

Dowav Smith of South Africa finished second in the event. He performed his best of 84.12. Neeraj’s stringent rival Anderson Peters finished third. He succeeded in throwing a javelin 83.63 meters away. Thomas Roaler, who won the gold medal at the Rio Olympics 2016, finished sixth. He could not touch a distance of 80 meters in a single attempt.

Neeraj won the Paris Diamond League

Neeraj won the Paris Diamond League on Friday (June 20), which was his first title of the 2025 season. In his first attempt, he succeeded in crossing the Julian Weber’s challenge with a throw of 88.16 meters. Earlier, he recently managed to cross the distance of 90 meters (90.23) for the first time in the Doha Diamond League 2025.