India’s most decorated Olympian Neeraj Chopra, in collaboration with JSW Sports, announced the launch of India’s first-ever International Javelin competition, the Neeraj Chopra Classic 2025. The two-time Olympian, speaking to the press, shared updates about his 'dream' project, scheduled to be held on May 24 in Bengaluru.
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00:00From humble beginnings to winning an Olympic gold and finally having an event named after you,
00:04how does it feel is the first question.
00:06Before you answer that, can you please spill the beans for everyone to know officially what is going on?
00:11First of all, I'll tell you that this is a very long dream.
00:16It was a very long time ago that when I was going to play and I was going to see how many good events have been,
00:23how many people support the bar.
00:25I was going to see how many people support the bar.
00:31Indian people come to see such events and the world-class athletes are competing in India and we can compete.
00:38And we can see how many people play.
00:40I've heard a few times, but I've finally heard that.
00:45And the classic thing behind me, I feel like I'm a athlete and I'm personally inspired by myself.
00:53Thank you very much.
01:23Examples are our examples, which athletes themselves compete in competition.
01:28So, I think that we need to do a lot of competition in that way.
01:33And finally, this is happening. So, I'm very excited for this.
01:38Niraj, my next question from Tanuj Lakheena, Times of India.
01:42When you were starting off, did you ever imagine you would reach two Olympic medals and being the name behind an event?
01:48Was this your dream?
01:49What was your dream?
02:19So, my mind made it more than anything.
02:21So, I started doing all the things.
02:23But when I started playing international games, especially in Diamond Leagues, I started competing with Bark Athletes.
02:30I was thinking about it.
02:32And after the Olympic medals, it helped me.
02:36I was thinking about it.
02:38I was thinking about it.
02:40So, I didn't know.
02:41I was thinking about it.
02:42But it's becoming a dream and it's becoming a real dream.
02:43And now, I'm thinking about it.
02:45So, I was thinking about it, but it's not a great symbol.
02:48I was excited that I took it.
02:53And everyone else was excited.
02:54be excited
02:55Neeraj my next question
02:56from Bhavya Chand
02:57from IANS
02:58the Neeraj Chopra
03:00classic event
03:00is expected to see
03:01some top
03:02international javelin stars
03:03could you spill
03:04the beans on a few
03:05names
03:05can you tell
03:07who is coming
03:08from which
03:08you have talked
03:09first of all
03:12I will tell you
03:12that I have
03:14some athletes
03:15I am
03:15Anderson Peters
03:16two time
03:17world champion
03:18he was
03:19in the Olympic
03:21bronze
03:21in Paris
03:22Thomas Roller
03:26Olympic champion
03:26European champion
03:28Julius Iago
03:30Olympic medalist
03:31world champion
03:33Curtis Thompson
03:37who is currently
03:38world lead
03:38who has been
03:39in the 87th
03:40who has been
03:40in the season
03:42best
03:43and personal
03:43best
03:44and
03:44world lead
03:45is time
03:46in the USA
03:47and
03:48France
03:48sorry
03:49Brazil
03:51Iago
03:52Iago
03:53Iago
03:54Iago
03:55Iago
03:56Iago
03:57Iago
03:58Iago
03:59Iago
04:00Iago
04:01Thank you very much.
04:31All over world से athletes रहें तो बहुत ही अच्छा रहेगा.
05:01मैं भी खेलने वाला हूँ सभी के साथ में, तो होफ़ली आप सभी को बहुत अच्छा लगेगा.
05:06और बिल्कुल इनिसली ये इवेंट पंचकुला में करने का था, लेकिन कुछ जो वल्ड अथाटी की तरफ से और जो इंटरनेशल ब्रोडकास के लिए जो लाइट का वो चाहिए, वो साइद 600 लक्स था, तो हमको थोड़ा एक्स्ट्रा चाहिए था.
05:23और उसके लिए टाइम बहुत कम था कि वो सब कुछ चीज़े ठीक हो सकें, तो इसलिए अभी इस साल के लिए हम स्री कंटेरो अस्टेडियम बैंगलोर में इसको शिफ्ट कर रहे हैं, और मेरी करनाट का CMG से बात हुई, उनका बहुत पोजिटिव रिस्पोंस था, और जो
05:53और एक एथलीट्स के लिए एक हासकर मैं बोलना चाहूँ कि हम जितना अधसा एक्सपिरियंस देश कें, इंटरनेसल एथलीट्स को, कि उनको ऐसा फील है कि हाँ, इंडिया की जो सब को पता है, हुस्पिटैलिटी इतनी ज़्यादा फेमस है, तो वो कही ना कि मैं कोईशि
06:23और जो भी स्पोंसर साथ में जुड़ेंगे, उनके लिए भी बहुत बहुत दन्यवाद, और आसा करते हम इसको, अभी तो जैवलिन ओली एक कॉंपिटिशन हो रहा है, और साइध कहीं ना कहीं काफी मीडिया है, मैंने देखा है कि वल्ल्ड क्लास जैवलिन थ्रोवर, मेल
06:53जैवलिन की, तो वो इसमें आ नहीं सकती है, लेकिन बिल्कुल डेफिनिटली फ्यूचर के लिए इसका है कि हम इसको और बड़ा बनाएंगे, ना कहीं बल्ल जैवलिन इसमें बाकी इवेंट्स को एड़ किया जाएगा, और डेफिनिटली आपको फ्यूचर में जो वर्ल्
07:23की एसा मैं आठवा है, अच्छी बात है कि हमारे अथलीट्स उनके बीच में कंपीट करेंगे, जीते हैं हमारे लोग उनको खेल देखेंगे, अभी तो ऐसा होता है कि जब हमारे अथलीट्स खेलते हैं तो यूरोक में टाइम आठ-णो बज़े होते हैं, इंडिया में 11-12 �
07:53It will be good, sir. There are a lot of complaints from people, but it will finally go away.
07:58Nirajji, you answered Raja Raman Sir's second question, which was,
08:02Are there any other support events planned like sprint races or jumps?
08:06His first question is, How do you manage balancing your training and spreading word about Javelin event among fellow Javelin throwers?
08:13This event is a lot of work. How do you balance training and this?
08:18Yeah, I mean, starting with the daily,
08:24like when I was in the school, the government had daily,
08:29the daily was talking about the how to go,
08:31so I was also talking about the time,
08:34but it was more than the time I asked myself to ask myself,
08:38how to go, how to go.
08:40So it was a little bit,
08:41but it was Bangalore,
08:43so I have JHSW team,
08:45Thank you very much.
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