World Athletics C'ships 2025 Highlights: Neeraj, Sachin qualify for javelin final - Updates, Results, Blog

Sachin 82.63m in third attempt!

Here's how our Triple jumpers fared so far:

Abdulla Aboobacker: Fouls both his attempts. 

Praveen Chithravel: 16.38m in his second attempt.

The automatic qualification mark is 17.10m.

Sachin's 2nd attepmt 83.67m

Sachin Yadav throws 83.67m on his second attempt. A huge improvement from his first throw of 80.16m. Top 12 throwers or those who cross 84.50m from Group A and Group B will qualify.

One last throw remaining fro Sachin!

Last edition, India had three finalists in men’s javelin. At Tokyo, we are chasing a historic four!

Julian Weber qualifies in second throw!

Germany's Julian Weber threw a massive 87.21m, topping Group A.

Praveen Chithravel also goes for x in his first jump!

Abdulla Aboobacker gets x in his first jump!

Sachin starts with 80.16

Another fun fact!

Now that Neeraj is already in the final, let's go for another interesting fact from Tokyo!

India has two medalists in the history of the Worlds. One is on the track and the other is in the stands! 

Any guesses?

Neeraj aces 1st throw, qualifies for final!

No time wasted. No second chances needed.

Neeraj Chopra goes 84.85m in his very first throw, comfortably crossing the automatic qualifying mark. With this he becomes the first finalist.