World Athletics Championships 2025: Opportunity to take revenge in front of Neeraj Chopra, Pakistani Nadeem is going to face again

New Delhi. India’s star athlete Neeraj Chopra has a chance to avenge the defeat of Pakistani player Arshad Nadeem at the Paris Olympics. Later this month, there will be a fight between the two in the World Athletics Championship to be held in Tokyo. Neeraj Chopra and Nadeem are again ready to compete like the Paris Olympic javelin throw final.

The current world champion Chopra is leading the 19 -member Indian team in this competition to be held from September 13 to 21. Nadeem is the only athlete in Pakistan. Nadeem won the gold medal in August 2024 by defeating Chopra with a 92.97 meter Olympic record throw in Paris. Since then, both rivals have not played against each other. But now after more than a year, he is going to face face to face in Tokyo. This will be a match between the Olympics and the World Champion.

27 -year -old Neeser Chopra, being a former champion, has gained entry with a wild card in the man’s javelin throw event. He has also crossed a qualifying standard of 85.50 meters several times during the qualifying period. At the same time, 38 -year -old Nadeem won the gold medal in May with an 86.40 meter throw at the Asian Championships in South Korea. After the Paris Olympic final, Nadeem has participated in the same event.

This Pakistani player underwent a calf muscle surgery in England in July. In the World Championships, the male javelin throwing qualifying round will be held on 17 September and the final day. Three other Indians Sachin Yadav, Yashveer Singh and Rohit Yadav are also participating in this championship in Tokyo. With this, the male javelin throw players of India will be the highest number of players.

Julian Weber of Diamond League Trophy winner Germany will land as a favorite contender in this event after throwing more than 90 meters this year. Chopra has obtained a 90 meter throw for the first time in his career this year. In May, he finished second in the Doha Diamond League with a throw of 90.23 meters. It will also include athletes like Anderson Peters of two -time world champion Granada, Julius Jeo of Kenya, Trinadad and Tobago’s Keshorn Walcot.