By Sudipta Biswas

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India’s star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra qualified for the final of the World Athletics Championships 2025 in Tokyo on Wednesday. Neeraj, the defending champion, unleashed a giant 84.85m throw on his first attempt in Group A of the qualification round, earning direct qualification for the final. His throw was well past the qualification mark of 84.50m. Neeraj, who has a personal and season best of 90.23m, did not attempt any more throws. He won the Worlds gold in Budapest in 2023. The javelin throw final for the World Athletics Championships 2025 is scheduled for Thursday, September 18. Neeraj ended the group stage qualification in third place in Group A, behind Julian Weber of Germany and David Wagner of Poland. Weber became the second thrower to earn direct qualification with his second attempt of 87.21m and topped the group, having managed 82.29m on his first attempt. He also holds the World Lead throw of 91.51m this season. Wagner, meanwhile, became the third thrower – and the second German – to earn direct qualification from Group A with an 85.67m throw, his personal and season best. His throw pushed Neeraj at the third spot. Jakub Vadlejch, the Tokyo Olympics silver medallist, fell short of the direct qualification mark, managing 84.11m to finish fourth in the group. Meanwhile, Sachin Yadav is the only other Indian thrower to make it the cut for the final after finishing 10th with a best throw of 83.67m. Rohit Yadav (77.81m) and Yash Vir Singh (77.51m) missed out on the qualification. Sachin, the second Indian in Group A, registered a throw of 80.16m on his first attempt. He improved to 83.67m in his second attempt, but it was still below his personal and season best of 85.16m. His effort fell just short of the automatic qualification mark of 84.50m. Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem, who beat Neeraj to the gold at the Paris Olympics, threw 85.28m to also reach to the final. In his first two throws, Arshad struggled – throwing 76.99m and 74.17m. In the overall ranking, Anderson Peters of Grenada finished ahead of rest of the field with his season best effort of 89.53m. Four more throwers achieved better throws than Neeraj in the qualifying rounds. Weber finished second (87.21m), Julius Yego (85.96m), Wagner (85.67m) and Nadeem (85.28m) earned the second, third and sport places respectively. List of Javelin Throwers Qualified for the Final – World Athletics Championships 2025 1. Anderson Peters (GRN) – 89.53m (Qualified, Season Best) 2. Julian Weber (GER) – 87.21m (Qualified) 3. Julius Yego (KEN) – 85.96m (Qualified, Season Best) 4. Dawid Wegner (POL) – 85.67m (Qualified, Personal Best) 5. Arshad Nadeem (PAK) – 85.28m (Qualified) 6. Neeraj Chopra (IND) – 84.85m (Qualified) 7. Curtis Thompson (USA) – 84.72m (Qualified) 8. Jakub Vadlejch (CZE) – 84.11m (Qualified, Season Best) 9. Keshorn Walcott (TTO) – 83.93m (Qualified) 10. Sachin Yadav (IND) – 83.67m (Qualified) 11. Cameron McEntyre (AUS) – 83.03m (Qualified, Personal Best) 12. Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage (SRI) – 82.80m (Qualified)