World Athletics Championships 2025 highlights: Neeraj Chopra, Sachin Yadav make it to final; Arshad Nadeem needs 3 throws to qualify

Here's a look at how Indian athletes have performed at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo so far

Javelin: Neeraj CHOPRA, qualified for the final with a first throw of 84.85 metres

Javelin: Sachin YADAV qualified for the javelin throw final with a best attempt of 83.67m

Javelin: Yash Vir SINGH missed out on qualification for final with a best throw of 77.51m

Javelin: Rohit YADAV missed out on qualification for final with a best throw of 77.81m

200 Metres: Animesh KUJUR ended 9th with a 20.77s time in the heats

Triple Jump: Abdulla Aboobacker was 10th in Qualification with a best effort of 16.33m

Triple Jump: Praveen CHITHRAVEL was 8th in Qualification with a best effort of 16.74m

High Jump: Sarvesh KUSHARE ended in 6th spot in the final with a best jump of 2.28m

Long Jump: Murali SREESHANKAR was 14th in Qualification with a distance of 7.78m

110 Metres Hurdles: Tejas SHIRSE was 6th in Heats with a time of 13.57secs

35 Kilometres Race Walk: Sandeep KUMAR ended 23rd with time of 2:39:15

35 Kilometres Race Walk: Ram BABOO ended 23rd with time of 2:39:15

35 Kilometres Race Walk: PRIYANKA was disqualified

1500 Metres: POOJA was 11th in the heats with a time of 4:13.75

Here's how Neeraj Chopra walked out for the first step of his World Championship defence on Wednesday. He needed just one throw, which was the first heave of the evening from any of the 37 contenders.

It was an expected anti-climax of sorts: Neeraj's night was over in just five minutes of the action starting.

He will be back tomorrow for the finale, where he will be joined by 11 challengers. All 12 contenders will be chasing the World Championship gold medal, which Neeraj had won two years back at Budapest.

WATCH: Neeraj Chopra qualifies for the World Athletics Championships final with one single heave of his arm!

One throw, and his evening in done! See ya tomorrow!

In case you missed it, here's how Neeraj Chopra started off his defence of the World Athletics Championship gold medal (A very, very short story!)

He took some warm up throws

He threw one qualification throw to secure a spot in the final

And he was out of there (with a little help from a local volunteer) as they others revved up for their second attempts

SACHIN YADAV MAKES THE CUT! TWO INDIANS IN THE 12-MAN JAVELIN THROW FINAL TOMORROW.

Sachin Yadav's best throw of 83.67m is good enough for him to secure a spot in tomorrow's final.

The other two Indians, Yash Vir Singh (best attempt of 77.51m) and Rohit Yadav (best attempt of 77.81m) miss out. While Rohit ended 28th, Yash was 30th in the 37-man contest.

Here are the top 12 who will return to the stadium tomorrow for the final

Sachin Yadav is hanging on to his spot in the final, just about with a few more throwers from Group B yet to have their third and final attempts.

Olympic champ Arshad Nadeem needed all three of his throws to qualify for the javelin throw final at the World Athletics Championships. He threw 76.99m and 74.17m with first 2 throws, before throwing 85.28m with his 3rd attempt.

Earlier today, Neeraj Chopra had needed just ne throw of 84.85 to qualify.

The automatic qualification mark is 84.50m, so Neeraj did not need to throw his second and third attempts. But with both Olympic champions qualifying, it sets up a India vs Pakistan clash tomorrow in the final!

Yash Vir Singh climbs up the charts after a second attempt of 76.21m following a first attempt of 76.11m.

He needs plenty more to secure his spot in the 12-athlete final.

Rohit Yadav sends his spear to a distance of 74.51 metres with his second attempt of the night. That won't cut it. But at least thanks to his first attempt of 77.81m, he is ahead of the Olympic champion from Pakistan, Arshad Nadeem, at least for now. Both throwers have one more throw left.

Yashvir Singh's second attempt coming up now.

USA's Curtis Thompson was 23rd in the standings after his first throw on the night. But a heave of 84.72 wit his second is enough to propel him into the final.

Meanwhile, India's Yash Vir Singh had thrown a first attempt of 76.11 metres! He has two more attempts to breach the automatic qualification mark of 84.50m. So does Rohit Yadav, who threw 77.81m with his first attempt.

Can one of these two join Neeraj Chopra in the final?

Anderson Peters what a beast! Throws his season best with a 89.53 metres second throw!

He almost qualified for the final with his first throw, but it was six centimeters short of the automatic qualification mark of 84.5metres with a 84.44m heave.

But with his second attempt, he throws the best throw we have seen in qualification today! 89.53 metres!! Almost broke the 90m mark!

That's one way to lay down a marker!

Olympic champion from Pakistan Arshad Nadeem could miss out on the tomorrow's final! He has one throw left to secure a qualifying spot after managing just 76.99m and 74.17m with his first two attempts. Nadeem is the 27th best thrower right now with one final attempt left!

Only the 12 top throwers make it through even if they do not breach the automatic qualification mark of 84.50m.

Rohit Yadav, the third Indian in action in the javelin throw qualification after Neeraj Chopra and Sachin Yadav, throws 77.81metres with his first attempt.

it's not enough to seal a qualifying spot in the final, but it is better than the Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem's first attempt of 76.99m.

Kenyan thrower Julius Yego also needs just one throw to qualify for the final. He nails his first attempt, throwing 85.96m, which secures him a direct spot in tomorrow's final.

There were just three automatic qualifiers from Group A, including Neeraj Chopra. Olympic silver medallist Jakub Vadlejch, who threw a season best, was fourth, but not an automatic qualifier.

A woeful first attempt from Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem, who can manage just 76.99 metres with his first attempt, which means he will need at least one more attempt to try and qualify since the automatic qualification mark is 84.50m.

In case you missed it, Neeraj Chopra's qualification event from Group A earlier had ended just with one single throw of 84.85m.

Arshad's first attempt, meanwhile, is good to only place him 22nd in the overall standings!

The top 12 qualify! So plenty of miles left for the Pakistan thrower today.

Colombia's Billy Julio Lopez might only be 18th in the standings after Group A ended with a best effort of 76.01 metres, but he has one of the most eye-catching follow-throughs after releasing the javelin.

So the first group of javelin throwers are done for the day and many of them -- including India's Sachin Yadav -- will now anxiously wait for Group B.

Remember the top 12 throwers qualify, even if they don't pass the automatic qualification mark of 84.5m mark.

India's Sachin is currently sixth in the standings, with a best throw of 83.67metres, which means he will be hoping that no more than six throwers better his best from Group B.

There are two more Indians in qualification in Group B, Yash Vir Singh and Rohit Yadav. Group B will also see Arshad Nadeem competing.

Two throwers so far have thrown ahead of Neeraj Chopra's best attempt of the day of 84.85m: Julian Weber, who threw 87.21m with his second attempt of the night, and Poland's Dawid Wegner, who threw 85.67m with his third and final attempt of the night. The POlish javelin thrower has his personal best here.

So Sachin Yadav's day is over with his third throw also not crossing the automatic qualification mark of 84.5m.

Here are the distances Sachin Yadav's crossed today: 80.16m | 83.67m | 82.63m

He ends as the fifth best thrower in the Group A, now he needs to pray that all the other throwers who have their third throws left, do not better him.

In case you missed it, here's Neeraj one-and-done Chopra in action today. His block wasn't the best, he stopped a little awkwardly ahead of the foul line.

But that still doesn't matter. He is the only thrower out of the 19 javelin throwers in Group A who qualifies for the final with a single throw!

Germany's Julian Weber needed two throws to qualify.

Everyone else is having to make at least three throws to try and qualify.

Sachin Yadav is the other Indian in the Group A qualification. While Neeraj has exited the arena already, Sachin will need a third throw to secure direct qualification.

Sachin's first two attempts have been 80.16m and 83.67m.

Remember, any thrower who throws over the 84.5m mark AUTOMATICALLY qualifies for the finals. But if a thrower does not qualify directly, there is still hope: the top 12 throwers in terms of best effort are given a spot.

This means that if four throwers qualify directly by throwing over the 84.5m mark, the throwers with the eight next best throws in qualification will also go through.

Sachin now has a final throw of the dice. For now, his best throw of the night is 83.67 metres.

Neeraj Chopra came, saw, warmed up, threw one qualification throw, and left with not even a sweat drop shed. He just needed some help from a volunteer leaving the stadium where he became an Olympics champion four years ago.

The headline here is: Neeraj is one and done, and now gone! See ya tomorrow in the javelin throw final!

The German thrower Julian Weber qualifies for the javelin throw final as well, but needs a second throw to qualify.

His first throw was 82.29m, which was short of the 84.5m automatic qualification mark. But with his second throw of 87.21m, he secures his spot in the final.

For Neeraj Chopra, who is hoping to defend his world title, Weber is the strongest challenger at the world championship along with Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem.

NEERAJ CHOPRA QUALIFIES FOR THE WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS WITH HIS FIRST THROW!

ONE AND DONE FOR NEERAJ!

He needed to cross the 84.5m mark for automatic qualification. And he does it with his first throw, just like he did at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 at the same stadium!

As we wait for the javelin throw qualification event to start at the World Athletics Championships we get the first glimpse of Neeraj Chopra revving up his arm for warmup throws. He's thrown a few javelins over the 75m mark!

Call it the Neeraj Chopra effect: there are four Indians in the javelin throw event competing today.

Neeraj CHOPRA | Personal Best: 90.23 m | Season Best: 90.23m

Sachin YADAV | Personal Best: 85.16 | Season Best: 85.16

Rohit YADAV | Personal Best: 83.65 | Season Best: 83.65

Yash Vir SINGH | Personal Best: 82.57 | Season Best: 82.57

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the javelin throw qualification event from the World Athletics Championships. There are 37 javelin throwers who have made the cut for the qualification round and they will compete in two rounds, with Neeraj Chopra leading Group A while Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem will spearhead Group B.

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