Neeraj Chopra, World Athletics Championships Highlights: Neeraj falters, comes 8th, Sachin Yadav 4th; Arshad 10th

Neeraj Chopra, World Athletics Championships 2025 LIVE Updates: Weber has to settle for fifth spot, finished with 84.67m in his final attempt. Sachin gets 80.95, has to finish in fourth spot. Thompson fouls! Finishes with bronze! Peters has to take silver, throws 86.26m in his final try. Walcott ends his day on top, with 83.00m in his final throw. His best throw of 88.16m sees him get gold!

Neeraj Chopra, World Athletics Championships 2025 LIVE Updates: Thompson fouls in his fifth attempt, still in third position. Peters manages 84.19m and is still second. Now it is the leader's turn! Walcott! He reaches 85.84m.

Neeraj Chopra, World Athletics Championships 2025 LIVE Updates: Weber manages 81.57m in his fifth throw and now it is Sachin's turn! He gets 85.96, still in medal contention! In fourth spot!

Neeraj Chopra, World Athletics Championships 2025 LIVE Updates: It is the fifth round now and Arshad has been eliminated, alongwith Wegner. The pair finish 9th and 10th respectively. Neeraj begins the fifth round, and fouls! Next is Pathirage, he fouls too! Yego who is sixth is out, injured!

Neeraj Chopra, World Athletics Championships 2025 LIVE Updates: Peters is still second after his fourth throw, bags 83.62m. Next up is Walcott! He reaches 88.16m to cement his position on top! Thompson is third and his fourth try wa a foul!

Neeraj Chopra, World Athletics Championships 2025 LIVE Updates: Pathirage fouls in his fourth throw, still ahead of Neeraj in seventh spot. Weber gets 80.66 and is fifth and Sachin manages 84.90m to remain in fourth.

Neeraj Chopra, World Athletics Championships 2025 LIVE Updates: Arshad fouls in his fourth throw and it is just not happening for him today! Wegner gets 83.03m and is ninth. Nadeem is 10th. Neeraj manages 82.86m to remain in 8th. It looks like Yego's day is over! He is injured!

Neeraj Chopra, World Athletics Championships 2025 LIVE Updates: Neeraj fouls in his third try and Arshad manages 82.75m. Peters gets 82.83m. Neeraj are Arshad are still out of top-five!

Neeraj Chopra, World Athletics Championships 2025 LIVE Updates: All athletes are done with two throws. Sachin is fourth and Neeraj is 8th now. Meanwhile, Arshad is 10th ahead of their third attempt. Walcott is in the lead with 87.83m in his second attempt.

Neeraj Chopra, World Athletics Championships 2025 LIVE Updates: Foul throw for Sachin in his second throw, he is still third. Arshad is 9th now. Sri Lanka's Rumesh gets 81.22m in his second, but his first throw pust him in sixth, ahead of Neeraj.

Neeraj Chopra, World Athletics Championships 2025 LIVE Updates: Peters is leading now, gets 87.38 in his second throw. Weber manages 86.11 and Yego registers 85.54. Meanwhile, Neeraj is seventh now with a second throw of 84.03. Meanwhile, Arshad gets a foul throw.

Neeraj Chopra, World Athletics Championships 2025 LIVE Updates: SACHIN OVERTAKES NEERAJ IN HIS FIRST EFFORT! GETS 86.27m! Neeraj is fifth now as Rumesh also gets 84.38m.

Neeraj Chopra, World Athletics Championships 2025 LIVE Updates: Neeraj is third now as USA's Curtis Thompson gets the best throw in his first effort, 86.67m. Meanwhile, Poland's Dawid Wegner bags 77.15m and Kenya's Yego is at 76.58m. Aussie ace McEntyre is 8th with a throw of 74.39m.

Neeraj Chopra, World Athletics Championships 2025 LIVE Updates: Weber begins proceedings and reaches 83.63m in his first attempt. Next up is Peters, he bags 84.59m, better than Weber.

Now its Arshad's turn! He manages 82.73m in his first effort. Next up is Neeraj! He manages 83.65m and moves to second place, behind Peters.

Neeraj Chopra, World Athletics Championships 2025 LIVE Updates: The 5000m heats is done and the focus shifts to the men's javelin throw final now!

Neeraj Chopra, World Athletics Championships 2025 LIVE Updates: The women's 5000m heats are going on right now! The men's javelin throw final is scheduled for 3:57 PM IST.

Neeraj Chopra, World Athletics Championships 2025 LIVE Updates: Arshad is not ranked among the world's best despite being the reigning Olympic champ, as he has not been able to compete at most WA competitions, due to financial and injury issues.

Neeraj Chopra, World Athletics Championships 2025 LIVE Updates: In the world rankings, Weber is the top-ranked javelin athlete, followed by Neeraj and Peters. Meanwhile, Walcott is fourth and Yego is fifth.

Stay tuned folks! The men's javelin throw is set to begin at 3:30 PM IST!

Neeraj Chopra, World Athletics Championships 2025 LIVE Updates: The four Asians in the final are world No. 2 Neeraj, reigning Olympic champ Arshad, India's Sachin and Sri Lanka's Rumesh.

Since Paris 2024, Arshad has only competed once, winning the Asian Athletics C'ships in Gumi.

Neeraj Chopra, World Athletics Championships 2025 LIVE Updates: Speaking ahead of the World C'ships, Arshad Nadeem said, "My competition is always against Arshad Nadeem. I have my competitions against myself. I am in good shape and well prepared for the contest in Tokyo."

"Most of the other main rivals in Tokyo are the same who were at the Paris Olympics, so it will be a good contest."

Neeraj Chopra, World Athletics Championships 2025 LIVE Updates: Arshad's best throw came at Paris 2025, when he broke the Olympic record with a throw of 92.97m. Meanwhile, Neeraj's best throw came at the Doha Diamond League this year, registering 90.23m.

Neeraj Chopra, World Athletics Championships 2025 LIVE Updates: At the previous World C'ships in Budapest two years ago, Neeraj scripted history by becoming India's first world champion in athletics with a throw of 88.17m. Arshad took silver with 87.82m.

Neeraj Chopra, World Athletics Championships 2025 LIVE Updates: Since Paris 2024, Neeraj and Arshad haven't faced each other and were in different groups in the qualification stage yesterday. They will be up against each other for the first time since Arshad's Olympic glory.