Neeraj Chopra Classic: Anderson Peters, former world champion, pulls out citing injury
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advertisementAnderson Peters recently competed with Neeraj Chopra in the Ostrava Golden Spike event in the Czech Republic. Peters finished third behind winner Neeraj and South Africa's Douw Smith. The Grenadian athlete had a close competition with Neeraj in the Paris Olympics as well, where he finished third with a throw of 88.54m. Neeraj, on the other hand, finished in second place in the 2024 event with a throw of 89.45m.
Peters was expected to be one of Neeraj's biggest competitors in Bengaluru, which is also a first-of-its-kind international event being hosted in India.The current lineup at the Neeraj Chopra Classic now includes only two big international names: Julius Yego (Kenya) and Rio 2016 Olympic gold medallist Thomas Rhler (Germany).Apart from the top stars from across the world, Neeraj had also invited India's greatest ever para javelin star Sumit Antil to the event. Sumit, in an interview with India Today revealed that he was not able to accept the invitation due to the clashing of dates. The NC Classic was originally scheduled to take place on May 24, which would have clashed with's Sumit's competition at Nottwill, Switzerland.- EndsMust Watch
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