Pakistani athlete Arshad Nadeem competes throughout the Males’s Javelin Throw Qualification on day 5 of the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025 at Nationwide Stadium on September 17, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. — AFP
Pakistan’s star athlete and Olympic gold medalist Arshad Nadeem might be in motion within the last spherical of the Males’s Javelin Throw occasion on the ongoing World Athletics Championships 2025 in Tokyo, Japan.
The ultimate spherical, that includes 12 athletes together with world No 1 Julian Weber from Germany and India’s Neeraj Chopra, will kick off at 3:23PM (PST) on Thursday.
In line with the beginning record, every athlete will get six throws to vie for the gold medal.
Weber will take the primary throw, adopted by Grenada’s Anderson Peters. Arshad will take his first throw third within the order, whereas Chopra will throw instantly after Nadeem (fourth throw).
What occurred in qualification spherical
Nadeem certified with a throw of 85.28m in his third and last try, after earlier efforts of 76.99m and 74.17m. From his group, Peters (85.96m) and Julius Yego (89.53m) from Kenya additionally superior, whereas Curtis Thompson of the USA, who opened with 77.97m, booked his spot with a later throw of 84.72m.
Chopra, a two-time Olympic medalist, wanted only one throw to progress. He cleared the automated qualification mark of 84.50m with a first-attempt throw of 84.85m on the Tokyo Nationwide Stadium, setting the tone in Group A.
India’s Sachin Yadav narrowly missed direct qualification with a robust 83.67m, ending sixth in Group A, however later certified for the ultimate based mostly on the outcomes of Group B.
On the final World Championships in Budapest in 2023, Chopra made historical past by changing into India’s first world champion in athletics with a throw of 88.17m, whereas Nadeem claimed silver with 87.82m.
The tables turned on the Paris 2024 Olympics, the place Nadeem triumphed with gold, leaving Chopra to accept silver. Nadeem, the 28-year-old athlete, had captivated the nation by setting a brand new Olympic report with a throw of 92.97m and led Pakistan to its first observe and discipline gold in a long time.
