It was originally the time for one of his dreams to come true – hosting an A-list World Athletics event in India. However, the Neeraj Chopra Classic – originally scheduled for Saturday in Bengaluru – has now been postponed indefinitely due to conflict at the border. For Neeraj, the season has to go on, and it takes him to his next stop in Poland.
He will once again be greeted by the familiar faces of Julian Weber and Anderson Peters. Weber, too, hit 90m for the first time in his life last week in Doha. His throw of 91.06m eclipsed Neeraj by 73cm and set the tone for a potentially top-class javelin season, which will peak later this year, at the World Championships in Tokyo.
Apart from Peters and Weber, the field in Chorzow will have Moldova’s Artur Felfner, Ukraine’s Artur Felfner, and three Polish throwers in Marcin Krukowski, Cyprian Mrzyglod, and Roch Krukowski. Apart from Krukowski, whose personal best of 89.55m came in 2021, the others have personal bests on the lower end of the spectrum
