World Athletics Championship 2025: Neeraj Chopra vs Arshad Nadeem | India vs Pakistan Jvelin Clash | Today India VS Pakistan in Athletics: Neeraj Chopra and Arshad Nadeem will throw in World Championships, both in separate groups

Indian Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra and Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem will be in action in the World Athletics Championships today. Neeraj and Nadeem are placed in different groups in this championship being played in Tokyo, Japan. Neeraj is in Group-A, while Nadeem is in Group B. That is, both players will not throw throw at a time. The final will be played on Thursday. Both star athletes are participating in an event for the first time after Paris Olympics.

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.

Nadeem will land for the first time after surgery In July this year, Arshad Nadeem underwent Calf Muscle Surgery. The surgery was performed in England. For this reason, he did not participate in the Diamond League held in July. Nadeem has been able to attend only one event after the Paris Olympics this year. He won gold with an 86.40 meter throw at the Asian Championships held in Korea in May last year.

There are more contenders for gold 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. Japan’s Yuta Sakiyama is in competition with the 87.16 meter season Best Performance.

Will enter 12 athletes in the final The automatic qualification mark is 84.50 meters to reach the finals of the World Athletics Championship. That is, the athletes crossing this distance will confirm the place in the finals. At least 12 athletes will remain in the final, that is, if only 9 or 10 athletes are able to cross the 84.50 meters, then the rest of the athletes living on the top-12 position will also reach the finals.

On the other hand, if more than 12 athletes in both groups throw a throw of more than 84.50 meters, then everyone will get entry in the final. 37 athletes are divided into 2 groups, Neeraj has 19 athletes in the group. There are 18 thrower in Arshad’s group. In the qualifying round, all athletes will get 3 opportunities to throw their best throw, in which their best throw will be counted.