Neeraj Chopra Wins Ostrava Golden Spike Meet

Indian javelin throw superstar Neeraj Chopra clinched the title at the Ostrava Golden Spike meet in Czech Republic on Tuesday in his maiden appearance, his back-to-back win in a top-class competition.

Fresh from his Paris Diamond League win on June 20, Chopra emerged on top in a nine-man field though with a modest effort of 85.29m in the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold event.

He had skipped the last two editions of Golden Spike — an event that his coach Jan Zelezny won nine times in a storied career — due to fitness issues.

The 27-year-old Chopra has had an impressive season so far, having won his first Diamond League title in two years in Paris after also breaching the elusive 90m mark during his second-place finish in Doha DL in May.