Neeraj Chopra-led javelin-only international meet in India confirmed for May: ‘A longstanding dream of mine…’ | Sport-others News
A Continental Tour javelin-only competition in India, headlined Neeraj Chopra, well be held in May, it was confirmed on Saturday. The venue and l of athletes are yet to be finalised, but among the best male and female javelin throwers from around the world are set to compete on Indian soil in a first-of-its-kind event.
“It has been a longstanding dream of mine to organise and bring a world-class javelin competition to India,” Neeraj Chopra said. “With the help of JSW Sports and the Athletics Federation of India, we are making this happen. I am sure that my fellow athletes and the fans in India will both create an experience that will be spoken about for a long time. I am excited to see how big we can make this.”
According to the statement, Neeraj and JSW Sports are keen to make the event an annual fixture in the world athletics calendar, with an eye on adding more track and field disciplines to the meeting.
The Indian Express had reported this week that AFI’s outgoing president Adille Sumariwalla said on the sidelines of the Annual General Body Meeting of the AFI, it makes sense to conduct the invitational competition comprising the world’s best athletes because of the popularity of javelin in the country post Neeraj’s Tokyo Olympics gold.
Lord Sebastian Coe, World Athletics President: “World Athletics is delighted to support this new event that will allow fans in India to see their heroes on home soil and that will also showcase to the world India’s ability to stage gold standard events.”
“When Neeraj brought the idea to us of staging a world-class athletics meeting in India, we jumped at the opportunity to help make it happen,” Parth Jindal, Founder of JSW Sports said.
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