Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem in motion in the course of the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025 on the Japan Nationwide Stadium, Tokyo, Japan, on September 18, 2025. — Reuters
Pakistan’s javelin star Arshad Nadeem has issued a heartfelt message to followers after falling wanting the boys’s javelin ultimate on the World Athletics Championships 2025 in Tokyo, revealing that an damage had hindered his preparations.
“Dear Pakistanis, I want to thank each and every one of you for your unwavering support and love throughout the World Athletics Championships. Although I couldn’t achieve the result I had hoped for in the final, I am proud to have represented our nation on the biggest stage,” Nadeem wrote in a publish on X on Thursday.
“I know I let you all down, but I promise to come back stronger and work even harder to make you proud. To be honest, I’ve been dealing with an injury since July 4th, which affected my preparation and fitness level. Despite this challenge, I gave it my all, and I appreciate the experience,” he added.
Nadeem concluded his message by pledging to “keep pushing” for Pakistan, promising to return higher ready for future competitions.
Pakistan’s medal hopes had ended earlier within the day when Nadeem didn’t qualify for the highest eight within the males’s javelin ultimate. He opened with a throw of 82.73 metres, adopted by a foul in his second try. His third throw measured 82.75m, and his fourth was once more dominated a foul, leaving him exterior the lower wanted for 3 further makes an attempt.
There was no fairytale return for India’s defending Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra, who completed eighth with a better of 84.03m — properly beneath his season-leading 90.23m.
Trinidad and Tobago’s Keshorn Walcott emerged as world champion with a throw of 88.16m, his first world title since his Olympic triumph in 2012.
Grenada’s Anderson Peters claimed silver with 87.38m, whereas American Curtis Thompson took bronze with an 86.67m effort, securing the USA’ first males’s javelin medal since 2007.
India’s Sachin Yadav impressed with a private better of 86.27m to complete fourth, forward of Germany’s Julian Weber, who underperformed with a better of 86.11m regardless of holding the world lead earlier this season.
Kenya’s 2015 world champion Julius Yego was pressured to withdraw after injuring his ankle on his third try.
