India vs Pakistan; Neeraj Chopra vs Arshad Nadeem | Athletics championship 2025 javelin throw final | Will Neeraj Chopra be able to defeat Arshad Nadeem today: will be competition in the final of the World Championship today; Start 3:53 pm

Sports lovers will get to see India vs Pakistan match again today, but this time there will not be fours and sixes, but spears will be thrown. The stage will be of the World Athletics Championship. Where India’s World Champion Neeraj Chopra and Pakistan’s Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem Bahubal will show. The event will begin at 3:53 pm.

On Wednesday, both of them qualified for the final from their respective groups. In Group A of the qualification round, Neeraj Chopra threw a spear more than 84.50 meters away and confirmed a place in the final. While Arshad Nadeem scored 85.28 meters in Group B. Sachin Yadav of India made it to the top-12 with the best score of 83.67 meters.

Neeraj is a defending world champion. He won gold with an 88.17 meter throw at the World Championship held in Hungary in 2023. At the same time, Arshad is the defending Olympic champion. He won gold with a 92.97 meter throw at the Paris Olympics. Neeraj then won the silver.

Neeraj has won the Olympic gold in this stadium

The Javelin throw event is taking place at Japan National Stadium in Tokyo. In this stadium, Neeraj won the 2020 Tokyo Olympic gold. His best throw was 87.58 meters then. Arshad was at number five with an 84.62 meter throw in that event.

Neeraj has broken 90 meter barrier

Neeraj could not throw 90 meters or above in a career till last year. In February this year, he was successful in crossing 90 meters for the first time in Doha Diamond League. Then he threw a throw of 90.23 meters.

Gold contenders

It is not that only Neeraj Chopra and Arshad Nadeem are the contenders for gold this time. Julian Weber of Germany is currently in excellent form. He defeated Neeraj and won the Diamond League title in July. Two -time world champion Granada’s Anderson Peters and former Olympic champion Trinidad and Tobago Keshaorn Walkot will also be in the Gold race.

How will the Jewelin throw final

The world’s top-12 Javelin Throers have qualified for the final of the World Athletics Championship. In this, every candidate will get 6 efforts. After the first three attempts, the number of participants will start decreasing. After 3 rounds, the last 4 players will be out of the medal race. The number of participants here will be 8. The remaining 8 athletes will get a chance to throw three more. Of these, Best-3 will be given medal.

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