Neeraj Chopra's NC Classic 2025 Live Streaming, event time, list of participants: All you need to know

Indian Express

2 days ago

Neeraj Chopra Classic 2025, the country's first-ever international javelin competition, will take place in Bengaluru's Sree Kanteerava Stadium on Saturday. A dream of Neeraj, the even bears his name like the Mondo Classic and Keeley Classic that are already part of the athletics calendar. NC Classic has been granted the World Athletics Gold level status.
The event is co-organised by JSW Sports and Olympics gold medallist Neeraj Chopra, the competition is sanctioned by the Athletics Federation of India.
Originally scheduled to be held in Neeraj's home state of Haryana (in Panchkula) the event was shifted to Bengaluru at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium — home of ISL club Bengaluru FC, which is also owned by JSW Sports.
Ticket are available on District By Zomato with prices ranging from INR 299 to INR 9,999.
The event will be broadcast on Star Sports 1 Hindi and Star Sports 2 with streaming available on JioHotstar.
The javelin-only event is scheduled to start at 7 pm IST.
Germany's Thomas Rohler, 2016 Olympics champion and one of the sport's all-time greats with a Personal Best of 93.90, leads the international contingent. Brazil's Luiz Mauricio Da Silva could well Neeraj's closest competitor on the day. He is a South American powerhouse, with a personal best of 86.62m achieved recently at Paris Diamond League, breaking his own continental record. Kenya's Julius Yego, who is a 2015 World champion and 2016 Olympic silver medallist, has a Personal Best of 92.72m. USA's Curtis Thompson is top-ranked American javelin thrower, Pan American Games champion (2023) and a consistent performer on the Diamond League circuit with a personal best of 87.76m.
A late addition to the party is Martin Konecny, a 27-year-old javelin thrower from the Czech Republic, the home country of Neeraj's coach Jan Zelezny. Rumesh Pathirage of Sri Lanka will add to the subcontinental flavour, a rising star who set a new national record and claimed gold at the Asian Throwing Championships last year. His personal best is 85.45m. Cyprian Mrzygłod, the 27-year-old Polish athlete, is an European U23 champion, winning the gold medal in 2019. His personal best is 85.92 metres set in Kuortane this year.
A long-time competitor of Neeraj, two-time former World Champion Anderson Peters of Grenada, was also originally scheduled to participate but he had to pull out. Also absent is 2025 World Leader Julian Weber. Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem is also absent, with Neeraj having to issue the statement in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack that the Pakistani's participation was out of the question.
Well, first of all, Neeraj Chopra of course. He isn't just the organiser, but the star attraction in a rare competitive appearance on Indian soil in recent years. Sachin Yadav (personal best 85.16m) is on the rise and won the Asian Championships silver earlier this year, finishing behind the Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem. Rohit Yadav, 24, with a personal best of 83.40m achieved in 2023, underwent surgery that year and returned to competition subsequently. He claimed silver medal at the National Games 2025 with 80.47m. Sahil Silwal, 24, represents another promising talent in the 80m category, holding a personal best of 81.81m from his gold-winning performance at last year's National Inter-State Championships. And finally, Yashvir Singh who has a personal best of 82.57m, which came at the 2025 Asian Championships in Gumi, Korea. Yashvir first came into limelight when he rewrote Neeraj Chopra's U-20 Fed Cup meet record in 2021 with a 78.68m throw.