At the World Athletics Championships 2025, India's Neeraj Chopra ended in 8th place while Keshorn Walcott won gold. (PHOTOs: AP)World Athletics Championships 2025, Neeraj Chopra Javelin Throw Final Results:
India’s Sachin Yadav came within touching distance of a World Athletics Championships medal, but had to be content with fourth place, as the javelin throw final at Tokyo 2025 saw some major upsets. Defending world champion Neeraj Chopra was eliminated early, ending in 8th spot on the night with a best throw of 84.03 metres. Meanwhile, the reigning Olympics champion from Pakistan, Arshad Nadeem, could only manage a 10th spot with a best throw of 82.75m.
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It was Trinidad and Tobago’s Keshorn Walcott who won the coveted gold medal with a 88.16m throw with Grenada’s Anderson Peters taking home silver and USA’s Curtis Johnson ending with a bronze, ahead of Yadav.
“Two weeks ago I had some back issues but I didn’t want to tell anyone. I was thinking I would still manage to get through it. But javelin is really tough. If you are not in a good shape, you’re out,” Neeraj Chopra said after ending 8th. Scroll down to read his full comments from the
Neeraj Chopra had needed just one throw of 84.85m in qualifying to secure his spot in the final while Nadeem left fans hoping for an India vs Pakistan javelin throw battle on the tenterhooks by requiring three throws to qualify for today’s final.
Would he have worn on Thursday, Neeraj Chopra would have added a third world championship medal to an already-jawdropping cabinet that includes the Tokyo Olympics gold medal and the Paris Olympics silver medal. This is besides the Asian Games golds from Jakarta 2018 and Hangzhou 2023 and the Commonwealth Games gold at Gold Coast in 2018.
Scroll down for all the updates from the javelin throw event in Tokyo as an India vs Pakistan battle plays out between world champion Neeraj Chopra and Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem
World Athletics Championships: Neeraj Chopra has it easy while Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem struggles before making final
Paris Olympics silver medalist Neeraj Chopra celebrates after the men's javelin throw final on Thursday in Saint-Denis. (AP Photo)
It’s hard to tell how the men’s javelin final will play out on Thursday but there were forewarnings during the qualification that it won’t be a breeze for defending champion Neeraj Chopra at the World Athletics Championships. The 27-year-old wearing a lumbar support belt didn’t break into a sweat as he sent the javelin over the automatic qualification mark of 84.50 metres in his very first throw. There is precedent to Chopra sailing through in qualification — at two Olympics and two World Championships.
All 12 throwers in the final will start afresh but it’s worth looking at how some of his challengers did during qualification.
Those who needed more than one throw either went big or had to dig deep to make the cut. But the big names showed they were ready for battle in the final even though not at their best.