Neeraj Chopra, Javelin Throw Highlights: Defending Champion Qualifies With 1st Effort At Tokyo Worlds Qualification

Hello and welcome to the start of our live blog covering Neeraj Chopra in today’s World Athletics Championships 2025 men’s javelin throw qualifiers. The event is scheduled for 3:40 PM IST, subject to adjustments based on preceding events. Stay tuned for updates from Tokyo!

The 19 participants in Group A will get three attempts each. At the end of the qualification round, the best 12 will go through to the next stage. The automatic qualification mark is 84.50m, so any athlete breaching it will automatically book his place in tomorrow’s final. Read about the javelin throw qualification scenario and more.

The World Athletics Championships 2025 will be live-streamed on the JioHotstar app and website. Television broadcasts will take place on the Star Sports Network channels.

Neeraj Chopra's javelin throw qualification round will have a special feed on JioHotstar, and will also be televised on Star Sports 1 Hindi and Star Sports 2.

Other than Neeraj Chopra, the big threat in today's Group A qualifiers will be Germany's Julian Weber. The world No. 1 stunned Neeraj in the Diamond League Finals, finishing first with a season world best throw of 91.51, which was also his personal best. Neeraj had to settle for second place with his best effort only reaching 85.01m. Will the roles reverse today?

Neeraj Chopra and Arshad Nadeem are in Groups A and B, respectively, in the World Athletics Championships 2025 javelin throw qualifiers. If they seal qualification, which they are expected to do easily, they will face off in the finals tomorrow. Another India vs Pakistan showdown, but this time in athletics in Tokyo.

Neeraj Chopra qualifying with his very first effort! Despite it being a less-than-perfect run-up, he still breaches the automatic qualification mark, reaching 84.85m. One and done from India's best!

Sachin Yadav has a good first effort, reaching 80.16, but is still some way short of the automatic qualification mark. He is currently seventh in the group.

All 19 players have had their first attempts, and ONLY Neeraj Chopra has qualified so far. Keshorn Walcott is second with his 83.93m effort. Third is Julian Weber, who, very surprisingly, could only manage 82.29m with his first effort. Five other players, including Sachin Yadav, have managed to breach the 80m mark. Two players have had foul throws.

Julian Weber vanquishes his disappointment from his first effort with a giant throw in his second attempt, and reaches 87.21m - better than what Neeraj managed. The German goes straight to the finals.

Sachin Yadav has improved upon his initial effort, coming very close with his next throw, reaching 83.67m. This takes him to the top five in Group A. This will go a long way in taking him to the top 12 at the end of qualification, if he fails to breach the 84.5m mark.

Julian Weber became the second player to seal automatic qualification with his 87.21m effort. Jakub Vadljech is third, registering his season's best effort with 84.11m. Keshorn Walcott threw 77.61m, dropping down to fourth with one effort left. Sachin Yadav (83.67m) is fifth. Three players have had foul throws.

Sachin Yadav maintained his place in the top five, registering 82.63m with his final throw. Now his qualification fate lies with the results of the Group B qualifiers. Remember, the top 12 go through to the finals.

Out of nowhere, Poland's David Wegner, the world No. 21, sealed automatic qualification with his final effort, registering 85.67m! That's his personal and season best, overtaking Neeraj Chopra to finish second in Group A. Sachin's fight to qualify just got tougher.

That's it for the Group A qualifiers. Dawid Wegner is the third athlete to confirm his place in the World Athletics Championships 2025 finals, with Weber and Neeraj being the other two.

The final standings are:

1. Julian Weber (GER) – 87.21 (Q)

2. Dawid Wegner (POL) – 85.67 (Q)

3. Neeraj Chopra (IND) – 84.85 (Q)

4. Jakub Vadlejch (CZE) – 84.11

5. Keshorn Walcott (TTO) – 83.93

6. Sachin Yadav (IND) – 83.67

7. Edis Matusevicius (LTU) – 82.78

8. Sumedha Ranasinghe (SRI) – 81.86

9. Cyprian Mrzyglod (POL) – 81.47

10. Lassi Etelatalo (FIN) – 81.33

11. Marc Anthony Minichello (USA) – 80.47

12. Keyshawn Strachan (BAH) – 80.03

13. Haoran Hu (CHN) – 79.42

14. Pedro Henrique Rodrigues (BRA) – 79.35

15. Yuta Sakiyama (JPN) – 77.61

16. Roderick Genki Dean (JPN) – 77.01

17. Leandro Ramos (POR) – 76.65

18. Billy Julio Lopez (COL) – 76.01

19. Sindri Hrafn Gudmundsson (ISL) – 75.56

That's the end of our live coverage of the World Championships 2025 javelin throw Group A qualifiers. Neeraj Chopra has qualified for the finals tomorrow, and joining him are Julian Weber and Dawid Wegner. Sachin Yadav is currently sixth, and will have a decent chance of going through as well, depending on the results of the Group B qualifiers, which you can follow live.