Walcott wins javelin gold as Chopra, Nadeem disappoint at Athletics Worlds

A disappointing nighttime for South Asia turns into a joyous 1 for the Americas astatine the men’s javelin last successful Tokyo.

India’s Neeraj Chopra and Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem were near bare handed astatine the men’s javelin last of the World Athletics Championships 2025 arsenic Trinidad and Tobago’s Keshorn Walcott clinched golden connected a rainy nighttime successful Tokyo.

The reigning Olympic champion, Nadeem, and satellite champion, Chopra, looked successful mediocre signifier arsenic they failed to transverse the 85-metre people astatine the Japan National Stadium connected Thursday.

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Trinidad and Tobago’s Walcott clinched his archetypal planetary rubric since claiming Olympic golden arsenic a teen successful 2012, with a propulsion of 88.16m.

The 32-year-old dominated the contention successful a blustery breeze, producing the 2 longest throws of the evening to unafraid a archetypal satellite title medal to adhd to his 2012 golden and the bronze helium won astatine the 2016 Rio Olympics.

In a bully nighttime for the Caribbean, Grenada’s Anderson Peters finished 2nd with a propulsion of 87.38m to adhd a metallic medal to the golds helium won astatine the 2019 and 2022 satellite championships.

Bronze went to Curtis Thompson, who sent his opening propulsion 86.67m to triumph a archetypal satellite title medal for the United States successful the lawsuit since Breaux Greer successful 2007.

There was nary fairytale instrumentality to the tract of his 2021 Olympic triumph for Chopra, who got obscurity adjacent the 90.23m helium threw earlier this play arsenic helium struggled to a champion effort of 84.03m and finished eighth.

Pakistan’s Nadeem, who has spent overmuch of the play injured, besides had a disappointing evening and finished 10th with a champion propulsion of 82.75m.

Sachin Yadav restored pridefulness for India with a idiosyncratic champion of 86.27m connected his archetypal effort to decorativeness 4th up of Julian Weber.

The German was different rubric contender who failed to occurrence arsenic helium managed lone a champion propulsion of 86.11m, good abbreviated of the world-leading 91.51m helium recorded astatine the Diamond League last successful Zurich past month.

Kenya’s 36-year-old Julius Yego, the 2015 satellite champion, turned his ankle connected his 3rd effort and failed to decorativeness the competition.

Rumesh Pathirage became the archetypal Sri Lankan athlete, antheral oregon woman, to suffice for a Worlds last and finished seventh.