Neeraj Chopra in World Athletics Championships 2025 Final: Follow all the action from the javelin throw final from Tokyo where India’s Chopra is attempting to prevail over the likes of Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem and Germany’s Julian Weber. (PHOTO: AP)
World Athletics Championships 2025, Neeraj Chopra Javelin Throw Final Result Live Updates: After qualifying for the world championship final with a single throw on Wednesday at Tokyo, Neeraj Chopra is back at the Japan National Stadium today to defend his world championship crown. A worlds gold medallist at Budapest in 2023 and a silver medallist at Oregon in 2022, Neeraj Chopra is walking out in Tokyo today looking for a threepeat of sorts on the world championship podium!
Standing in Neeraj Chopra’s path are 11 throwers, led by German javelin thrower Julian Weber and current Olympic champion from Pakistan, Arshad Nadeem. There is also a second Indian in the contest with Sachin Yadav qualifying thanks to a 83.67m throw.
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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.
Should he win today, Neeraj Chopra will add 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 in real-time 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.
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