Potchefstroom, April 17 -- Two-time Olympic medalist Neeraj Chopra kicked off his 2025 athletics season with a win at the Potch Invitational Meet in Potchefstroom, South Africa, with a modest 84.52m throw, as per the Olympics.com.

Competing at the iconic McArthur Stadium, the same venue where he qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics almost five years ago, Neeraj Chopra beat local athletes Douw Smit and Duncan Robertson to the top of the podium.

Smit, with a best mark of 82.44m on the day, and Neeraj were the only two in a six-man field who managed to beat the 80 m mark in the men's javelin throw competition at the Potch Invitational Meet 2025.

Neeraj Chopra's personal best and the Indian national record, however, stand at 89.94m--a mar...