Rumesh pathirage

Sree Kanteerva Stadium: Double Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra, the poster boy of Indian athletics, continued with his superb form as he won the inaugural edition of Neeraj Chopra Classic 2025, a World Athletics gold-level event, with a best throw of 86.18m at Sree Kanteerva Stadium here on Saturday.

Kenya’s Julius Yego finished second after notching up his season-best throw of 84.51m Sri Lanka’s Rumesh Pathirage came third with a best throw of 84.34m.

Chopra, who was welcomed by the 14,593 people with thunderous roars and cheers, began with a foul but took the lead with the 2nd attempt of 82.99m.