This was the second international tournament of Sachin Yadav, but he performed strongly in Tokyo and defeated the respective optional oppressors like two -time Olympic medalist Chopra (84.03 meters), current Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem (82.75 meters) and Diamond League Trophy Wabber (86.11 meters). This Indian threw the first throw 86.27 meters which was his personal best performance. His first international tournament was the Asian Championship in May in which he won a silver medal with a throw of 85.16 meters. In this way he improved the previous performance. America’s Kurtis Thompson won a bronze medal from 86.67 meters which was 40 cm better than Sachin’s throw.
Sachin Yadav lost the medal with a slight margin in the World Championship.
‘Early throw was very good’
Sachin Yadav (25 years) told PTI to Tokyo, ‘The initial throw was very good. The weather was good, as soon as I saw the spear falling, I felt that I could win the medal. I was confident that I would definitely put an throw of 87 meters at least once. I was competing against the world’s best athlete, which naturally improves your performance. But despite my best efforts, I could not improve the first throw in the next five attempts. So I think I let the World Championship medal go through my hand.
His second throw was foul. The remaining four throw were 85.71 meters, 84.90 m, 85.96 meters and 80.95 meters. However, his three throws were better than his earlier individual best throw. Sachin, who belongs to the farmer family of Khekra village near Baghpat in Uttar Pradesh, was also sad that the defending champion Chopra was out after the fifth round due to back pain.
‘We should get two medals Were’
He said, ‘I and Neeraj Bhai kept talking during the final. After my first throw, he told me that we should get two medals. I knew that he was struggling with back problems but he hoped that he would somehow throw a good throw. I was trying to improve my first throw. But I was also sad for Neeraj Bhai. (Since the Tokyo Olympics in 2021) This was the first time he was not on the podium. Our country had to win a medal, but that too did not happen, so I felt bad. ,
Sachin said that his parents do not know much about athletics and leave the world championship, so when the photo journalists came to take their house photo, they were surprised to see him. He said, ‘I talked to my mother. My parents are happy but they do not know much about all this, such as winning the World Championship or a medal. They just wanted me to get a government job. He has never seen the media. So for the first time it happened that the media went to my house. My mother told me that some people came to our house and took photos.
Sachin Yadav stepped into athletics at the age of 19.
Sachin is currently in Uttar Pradesh Police
Sachin is currently in Uttar Pradesh Police. He joined the police force in 2023 with sports quota. In 2021, his father had to take a loan for his treatment after a elbow injury at the beginning of his career. He said, ‘I get hurt, when I started throwing a spear, then there was an injury to the elbow and then there was another injury.’ Earlier this year, his ankle was turned while winning the gold medal in the Uttarakhand National Games. He rehabilited and returned after two months rest.
