Neeraj Chopra wins Ostrava Golden Spike 2025 javelin throw title with 85.29m throw

Shivani Naik wants to know: Are Neeraj Chopra's best throws always in the 1st, 2nd or 3rd go?  Except for Asian Games, where Jena amped it up, and Chopra had to respond, not sure he's needed to retort deep into 5th, 6th attempt. But open to being corrected.

Vinayakk Mohanarangan responds: I think Eugene Worlds was with one of the later throws. I think post Tokyo it was a pattern, I remember asking about it once, and then in Eugene he turned it around. His response was that he didnt feel that way.

81.01m from Neeraj for his 5th attempt, it is not an improvement but he continues to lead the way with the last attempts to come.

82.17 for Neeraj with his 4th attempt, a little pout at the end of it. Not an improvement for Neeraj but the Indian stays in the lead. A nice thing to note about the visuals of this event is how Jan Zelezny is casually standing next to the throwing area in his business casual attire. The meeting director for javelin of course at his home event.

So with his fourth throw, Neeraj breaches the 80m mark once again. And he looks un-impressed with the distance of 82.17m. 

He's still in the lead. 

Meanwhile, behind Neeraj Chopra, Rio Olympics champion Thomas Rohler has managed to better his first attempt of 69.35m with a 77.78m heave! 

Here's a look at all the three attempts by the nine throwers. Neeraj Chopra sticks his tongue out after his third throw that sees him leapfrog into the lead 

The standings 

And Neeraj Chopra moves into the lead with his 3rd attempt, a solid 85.29 from the Indian star, the first of the 85m+ throws of the event tonight.

By Vinayakk Mohanarangan 

After fouling his first attempt of the evening, Neeraj Chopra nails his second attempt and crosses the 80m mark easily. He throws 83.45m to be third on the night after two throws behind Douw Smit, who has taken the lead with a personal best of 84.12. 

Anderson Peters is second, ahead of Neeraj, with his first attempt of 83.63m. 

Neeraj doesn't look too pleased with that throw. His coach, Jan Zelezny, is at close quarters to keep a tab on him. Javelin world record holder Zelezny is also the tournamernt director, so maybe there won't be too many tips being handed out to Neeraj here. 

Neeraj Chopra opens with a foul in Ostrava. He has five more attempts tonight, provided he registers a throw in the next two attempts. 

Anderson Peters doesn't look too smooth with his runup during his first throw. And he very narrowly misses crossign the line. But still manages to throw 83.63m. 

Meanwhile, Thomas Rohler, who is Rio Olympics champion, starts off with a heave of 69.35m. He's coming back to competition after a long spell out due to one injury or another. 

Here’s a confirmation of the start list for men’s javelin in Ostrava. Neeraj Chopra will throw last to start things off. Last of the 9 throwers. No Julian Weber here, but the German threat is still very much present in the form of Thomas Rohler who is also set to compete in Nc Classic next week.

The men's javelin throw event starts off! 

And first up we have Douw SMIT from South Africa who starts off with a 80.48m throw. Local hope Jan VÝŠKA has a 75.06m heave. Marc Anthony MINICHELLO (United States), Alexandr ?A?A (Czech Republic), Martin KONE?NÝ (Czech Republic), and Toni KERÄNEN (Finland) cannot register distances on their first throws.

Neeraj coming up soon.

Neeraj will be up against a modest field in Ostrava, with Anderson Peters of Grenada and Rio 206 champion Thomas Rohler of Germany being his main competitors. 

There is no Julian Weber, who has beaten him a couple of times already this year. 

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the Ostrava Golden Spike event, where Neeraj Chopra will be competing shortly. Neeraj's coach Jan Zelezny, who is a javelin throw legend with the world record throw against his name, is the tournament director at the event. 

Neeraj will be competing against Thomas Rohler, who won the Olympic gold at Rio 2016.