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Yahoo
16-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Swindon Harrier to represent England at international competition
Swindon Harrier Lucy Bull will compete for England after qualifying for the British and Irish Schools International meet. The event is set for Saturday, July 19 at Derby. Bull qualified for the team by winning the intermediate girls' javelin at the English Championships at Birmingham's Alexander Stadium. Be the first to know with the Swindon Advertiser! 📱 💡 Our flash sale brings the latest local happenings directly to you. Save over 50% on an annual subscription now. 🔗 #SpecialOffer — Swindon Advertiser (@swindonadver) July 4, 2025 This victory marked a successive triumph for Bull, who claimed the junior title a year ago. She also recorded a personal best of 49.98 metres, reinforcing her standing as the top U17 javelin thrower in the UK. This achievement also placed her at 10th in the UK all-time U17 rankings. Reflecting on her victory, Bull said: "I could not believe I had thrown it that far, but it felt good." Read more: Swindon powerlifters achieve national success at championships She went on to say she was nervous before the competition. Finley Byrne, another Harrier, finished fourth in the junior boys' 1500m, showcasing his progress. Jesse Bryant also impressed, finishing sixth in the final after setting a personal best of 2:01.22. Newcomers Lowri Prosser and Esha Bhalerao finished eighth in the junior pole vault. Jacob Pender debuted and finished ninth in the junior shot. Lydiard Park Academy student Ishaq Saeed, not yet a club member, won silver in the junior boys' long jump with a personal best of 6.35 metres.
Yahoo
16-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Swindon Harrier to represent England at international competition
Lucy Bull is set to represent England (Image: Swindon Harriers) Swindon Harrier Lucy Bull will compete for England after qualifying for the British and Irish Schools International meet. The event is set for Saturday, July 19 at Derby. Bull qualified for the team by winning the intermediate girls' javelin at the English Championships at Birmingham's Alexander Stadium. This victory marked a successive triumph for Bull, who claimed the junior title a year ago. Advertisement She also recorded a personal best of 49.98 metres, reinforcing her standing as the top U17 javelin thrower in the UK. This achievement also placed her at 10th in the UK all-time U17 rankings. Reflecting on her victory, Bull said: "I could not believe I had thrown it that far, but it felt good." Read more: Swindon powerlifters achieve national success at championships She went on to say she was nervous before the competition. Finley Byrne, another Harrier, finished fourth in the junior boys' 1500m, showcasing his progress. Jesse Bryant also impressed, finishing sixth in the final after setting a personal best of 2:01.22. Advertisement Newcomers Lowri Prosser and Esha Bhalerao finished eighth in the junior pole vault. Jacob Pender debuted and finished ninth in the junior shot. Lydiard Park Academy student Ishaq Saeed, not yet a club member, won silver in the junior boys' long jump with a personal best of 6.35 metres.
Arab News
13-07-2025
- Sport
- Arab News
Pakistan's Nadeem, India's Chopra to reignite javelin rivalry in Poland in August
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's javelin star Arshad Nadeem and India's Neeraj Chopra will reignite their rivalry in August when the two sportsmen compete at the Silesia Wanda Diamond League 2025 competition scheduled to be held in Poland, the official website of the Olympics said this week. This will be the first time Nadeem and Chopra will face each other since their charged encounter at the Paris 2024 Olympic final, where Nadeem clinched gold ahead of Neeraj with an Olympic record-shattering throw of 92.97 meters. The Wanda Diamond League is an annual sports competition featuring elite athletes across sprints, jumps, throws and distance events. The competition is set to take place next month in Silesia on August 16. 'Neeraj Chopra will face Arshad Nadeem,' the Olympics website said, quoting the Diamond League organizers. 'The Indian-Pakistani battle awaiting the Polish fans will be the first opportunity for revenge after the Paris Olympics.' Chopra has had an impressive year so far, kicking off his season with a win at the Potch Invitational in South Africa before finishing second at the Doha Diamond League, where he breached the coveted 90-meter barrier with a massive 90.23m throw — a new national record. The Indian athlete then had to settle for a second-place finish again at the Janusz Kusocinski Memorial in Poland but returned to winning ways at the Paris Diamond League. Since then, he has logged back-to-back wins at the Ostrova Golden Spike in Czechia and the NC Classic in India. Nadeem, meanwhile, recently marked a triumphant return to action by winning gold at the Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, Korea. He hadn't competed since his Paris 2024 exploits. Rivalries, particularly between athletes or teams from bitter rivals India and Pakistan, have always been one of the most intriguing aspects of sports. However, next month's competition will have added flair to it, considering the militaries of the two countries engaged in the worst fighting between them in decades in May. An attack in Indian-administered Kashmir triggered a conflict between the two states that saw them target each other with missiles, drones, fighter jets and artillery fire before agreeing to a ceasefire on May 10.
France 24
11-07-2025
- Sport
- France 24
India's Chopra wants coach Zelezny's big-stage mindset
Chopra joined Czech javelin legend Jan Zelezny's coaching group ahead of the 2025 season and last weekend won the inaugural edition of the Neeraj Chopra Classic in Bengaluru, stretching his streak of top-two finishes to 25 events. "He always performed in big tournaments and I am trying to pick his mindset of a big-stage performer and that will help me," Chopra told reporters on Friday at an event organised by one of his sponsors near New Delhi. "The main target this year is the Tokyo World Championships and we are working towards it." The World Championships are in September. The 27-year-old Chopra won an Olympic gold in Tokyo in 2021 and silver in Paris last year. He took the last world title in Budapest in 2023. Zelezny won four Olympic medals, three of them gold, and three world titles in a career that lasted more than 20 years. "I am happy to work with him because he has been a consistent performer," Chopra said. "He is a very good coach. He has been a good athlete and is very helpful as a person." Chopra passed 90 metres for the first time when he threw 90.23m in the Doha Diamond League meeting in May - only to finish second to German Julian Weber. Zelezny "is working on my technique", Chopra said, adding that he was taking time to adapt. "In training it is good but I have still not been able to grasp and implement his styles on competition days. I get mixed with the old and the new styles, but hopefully I will get the hang of it and it will bear results." Chopra's success, his boyish looks and his mop of hair have made him a sex symbol in India. His 2021 victory was India's first Olympic track and field gold. He said he hopes to start a dynasty. "I want to see better javelin throwers than me in India," he said. "I want the next generation of Indian athletes to be strong mentally and physically and have self-belief to go the distance." © 2025 AFP
CNA
06-07-2025
- Sport
- CNA
India's javelin hero Chopra leverages star power as crowds flock to self-titled event
BENGALURU :Olympic javelin star Neeraj Chopra headlined what was billed as India's inaugural world-class field competition on Saturday, living up to his goal of elevating domestic talent while also walking away with another gold medal. Chopra, who won gold at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and silver at the 2024 Paris Games, triumphed with a throw of 86.18 meters at the 12-athlete javelin Neeraj Chopra Classic event. He finished ahead of former world champion Julius Yego (silver) and Sri Lanka's Rumesh Pathirage (bronze). "The biggest target of the competition was to uplift the Indian athletes alongside the international ones. We got the best javelin throwers to this competition," Chopra told reporters after winning the competition. The event drew more than 14,500 spectators - a figure that delighted Chopra, who has long championed greater public support for track and field events. "We really wanted people to come and watch track and field," said Chopra, who has single-handedly raised interest for athletics in India and has more than nine million Instagram followers. "I always request people to come to the stadiums to cheer athletes as they work really hard. "Track and field is one of the hardest sporting events. I request people to come and watch nationals as well... because our sport can only grow when people will come and watch us." The event featured three rounds with six attempts per participant, narrowing the field to eight after the initial round of three throws. Among the five Indian competitors, three advanced to the second round including Chopra, outperforming international athletes such as former Olympic champion Thomas Rohler and the Czech Republic's Martin Konecny. "We have been doing really well in the sport. They (Indian athletes) were quite happy to get a platform to play alongside the world champions," the 27-year-old said. "We also plan to add more events to this competition going forward, which will help the Indian athletes more." Among the Indian athletes, apart from Chopra, Asian Athletics Championships silver medallist Sachin Yadav performed well, recording his best throw of 82.33m in the third attempt. "Sachin could have performed better but he twisted his ankle in his opening throw. Overall, it was good. They will hopefully do well in the future. They are juniors and have time on their hand so will surely do better," Chopra said.
