A disappointing night for South Asia will be a fun night for the Americas at the Men’s Javelin Finals in Tokyo.
Released on September 18, 2025
India’s Neeraj Chopra and Pakistan’s Alshad Nadeem were picked empty-handed at the 2025 Men’s Javelin Finals as Trinidad and Tobago’s Keshaun Walcott scored gold on a rainy night in Tokyo.
Olympic champion Nadeem and world champion Chopra were in poor form as they were unable to cross the 85-meter mark at the Japan National Stadium on Thursday.
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Walcott of Trinidad and Tobago won his first global title since winning Olympic Gold in 2012 at 88.16m as a teenager.
The 32-year-old dominated the competition with fierce winds and produced two long throws of the night to secure a First World Championship medal to add to 2012 Gold and Bronze, which won the 2012 Rio Olympics.
Good night in the Caribbean, Grenada’s Anderson Peters finished second with a 87.38m throw, adding a silver medal to gold, who won the 2019 and 2022 World Championships.
The bronze went to Curtis Thompson. He sent an 86.67m opening throw to win the US’s first World Championship medal at an event since the 2007 Breaux Greer.
There was no fairytale return to the 2021 Olympic victory location for Chopra.
Pakistan’s Nadeem, who was injured for most of the season, also had a disappointing night, finishing 10th with a best throw of 82.75m.
Sachin Yadav restored India’s pride with his personal best of 86.27m in his first attempt ahead of Julian Weber.
The German was another title contender, managing only the best throw of 86.11m, which was inadequate enough for the world-leading 91.51m that he recorded in the Diamond League final in Zurich last month.
2015 world champion Julius Yego, 36, of Kenya, turned his ankle in his third attempt and didn’t end the competition.
Rumesh Pathirage became Sri Lanka’s first athlete, male or female, and competed in the world finals and finished in 7th place.
