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World Athletics C'ships 2025 Highlights: Neeraj, Sachin qualify for javelin final - Updates, Results, Blog
Catch highlights on how Indian athletes performed across triple jump, javelin throw, and the 200m sprint in Tokyo.
World Athletics Championships 2025: The reigning world champion Neeraj Chopra and Sachin Yadav have qualified for the men's javelin final in Tokyo. Neeraj achieved the direct qualification without wasting any time. He recorded 84.85m in just his first throw.
Sachin, too, qualified with a throw of 83.67m.
In men's 200m sprint, Animesh Kujur finished 9th in Heat 3 and 42nd among 51 athletes. He clocked 20.77s.
In men's Triple Jump, Praveen Chithravel finished 15th with a jump of 16.74 while Abdulla Aboobacker was 24th out of 32 jumpers, with 16.33m.
As it happened:
Live Updates
- 17 Sep 2025 10:53 AM GMT
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.
- 17 Sep 2025 10:44 AM GMT
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!
- 17 Sep 2025 10:36 AM GMT
Last edition, India had three finalists in men’s javelin. At Tokyo, we are chasing a historic four!
- 17 Sep 2025 10:29 AM GMT
Julian Weber qualifies in second throw!
Germany's Julian Weber threw a massive 87.21m, topping Group A.
- 17 Sep 2025 10:16 AM GMT
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?
- 17 Sep 2025 10:14 AM GMT
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.
