Asian champion Gulveer Singh missed a historic men's 5000m final spot by a whisker, bowing out by a mere 0.19 seconds. Meanwhile, Annu Rani crashed out in the women's javelin throw qualifiers at the World Athletics Championships 2025 in Tokyo on Friday.
India's two-time Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra qualified for the final of the men's javelin throw event at the World Athletics Championships 2025 in Tokyo on Wednesday, in his first attempt without breaking much of a sweat.
The 26-year-old's best effort of 7.78m, with other legal attempts of 7.70 m and 7.59 m earned him a 14th place in Group A of athletes and overall 25th amongst 36 players. His returns were not sufficient enough to help him meet the qualification criteria of 8.15 m jump or finish in top 12 nee
After recovering from his injury, Paris Olympics gold medallist and Pakistan javelin thrower, Arshad Nadeem, will compete against his arch-rival from India, Neeraj Chopra, in the upcoming World Athletics Championships 2025 in Tokyo later this month.
Reigning world champion Neeraj Chopra will spearhead India's 19-member contingent at the World Athletics Championships 2025 in Tokyo, which will take place from September 13 to 21.
The Indian men's team as well as the mixed 4x400m team failed to qualify for the finals in their respective events at the ongoing World Athletics Relays 2025 in Guangzhou, China on Saturday, according to Olympics.com.
The Council also announced that the 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships will be held in Medulin and Pula in Croatia and the 2026 World Athletics Cross Country Championships will be held in Tallahassee, Florida.