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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 10:10 AM GMT
Fun Fact!
Neeraj Chopra made his World Championships debut was in 2017. He threw 82.26m in the qualification round. The distance was not enough to secure a spot in the final!
- 17 Sep 2025 10:09 AM GMT
37 athletes in the qualification round. 19 in Group A and 18 in Group B. Defending Champion Neeraj Chopra will be seen in Group A alongwith debutant Sachin Yadav.
Rohit Yadav and Yashvir Singh in Group B later today.Automatic qualification time: 84.50m
- 17 Sep 2025 10:04 AM GMT
Men’s Triple Jump qualification
A total of 36 athletes are divided into two groups of 18 each. Each athlete gets three attempts in the qualification round. The automatic qualification mark is 17.10.
Abdulla Aboobacker PB=SB=17.10m.
Praveen Chithravel PB=SB= 17.37m.
Let's see how they perform today!
