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Neeraj Chopra Kicks Off 2025 Season with Gold Medal Winning Performance in South Africa

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Neeraj Chopra Kicks Off His 2025 Season with Gold Medal Winning Performance in South Africa on April 16, 2025.

Olympic gold and silver medal winning javelin thrower neeraj chopra open his 2025 season with a strong performance in potchefstrom, south Africa, on Wednesday. Chopra, who won the olympic gold in 2021 and silver in 2024, claimed Victory at the Potch Invitational Track Event with his season-Best Throw of 84.52 metres.
Chopra’s Efort was enough to top the six-man field. This was his first event of the season since he returned to training in March. He won the World Athletics Continental Tour Challenger Event, Finishing Ahead of South Africa’s Doing Smit. However, chopra did not push Himself too hard, as it is still early in the season and the competition did not feature any major names.

Chopra is currently preparation for the doha diamond league, Scheduled for May 16. The 27-Year-old has been training in potchefstroom minutes late last year.

Incidentally, this was Chopra’s first Event Since September, When He Competed at the Diamond League in Belgium and Finished Second. He has a personal best of 89.94 metres that he aims to break this season by breaking into the exclusive league 90 metres.

In addition to the doha diamond league, chopra is also expected to compes at the NC Classic – a Tournament named after Him – At the Tau Devi Lal Athletics Stadium in Panchkulaka on May 24. Qualification Event for the World Championships, and Top Javeelin Stars from Across the World are expected to hit the Indian ground.

This is a Crucial Year for Chopra as he looks to defend the world athletics championships goldips gold medal he won in budget in 2023.

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