Athletics-Chopra postpones javelin meet amid India-Pakistan conflict


FILE PHOTO: Neeraj Chopra of India in action at the Paris 2024 Olympics. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/File Photo

BENGALURU (Reuters) -India's Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra has postponed an eponymous javelin event in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru this month after his country and neighbour Pakistan extended their worst fighting in nearly three decades.

The Neeraj Chopra Classic on May 24, a World Athletics Gold category meet, was set to feature a host of international names including Anderson Peters, Julius Yego, Thomas Roehler and Curtis Thompson.

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