India Neera Chopra responds to the men’s spear to throw the finals at the World Athletics Championship in Tokyo. (AP/PTI) Tokyo on Thursday witnessed a rare perspective when Neer Chopra, an Indian gold boy javelin, ended the eighth at the 2025 athletics World Championship with the best 84.03 m throw. It was his worst performance at the global meeting since 2018, when he was still growing star on the international scene. Chopra, who was strongly qualified to throw in the preliminary round of 84.85 m, fought for a big day. His best of 84.03 m came in the second attempt, but could not proceed after the fifth round. Later he admitted that he was dealing with the problems that hindered his rhythm. The result was shocked by fans, due to the consistency of Chopry in recent years, where he rarely ended up in the first three in the main competitions. For the context, Chopra has been one of the almost flawless performances since 2018. It has Olympic gold (2021), Olympic silver (2024), World Championship titles and more Diamond League victories. His feasts regularly violated the brand 85 meters, with the personal best of 90.23 m achieved at the beginning of this year in Doha. Tokyo, however, reminded everyone that even champions have out of days. Below is a record of Chopry’s performance since 2018, which shows how rare is eighth in his career.
Results Neeraj Chopry (2018–2025)
YearCompetitionVuperFormanceplacePlacePlace 2018cwgold Coast86.47m1st2018asian Gamesjakarta888.06m1st2018zürich Dlzürich85.73M4THTOP OlympicStokyo87.58M1st2021kortane Gameskortane86.79MRD2022World Championshipshoregon88.13M2N22222LAUSANNE DLAUSANNE DLZürich88.44M1st2023world Championshipsbudapest888.17m1st2023asian Gameshangzhou88.88M1st2024Paris Olympicsparis89.45m2nd2024lausanne Dllausanne89.49M2nd225dohah Dldoha90.23M2nd2025Meet de Parisparis88.16m1st2025ostrava Golden Spikeostrava85.29M1st2025neraj Chopra Classicbengalurur86.18M1st2025zürich Dlzürich85.01m2nd2025worldChopry in the eighth place is his worst since 2018 IAAF Continental Cup in Ostrava, where he placed sixth with 80.24 m. Since then and now he has been medaling in almost every main competition. This result, albeit disappointing, may be for a 27 -year -old minor failure. His season best of the 90.23 MV Doha at the beginning of this year shows that he remains one of the elite sports throws. For fans, Tokyo 2025 will not be remembered as a fall, but as a reminder that even the best have to endure the fighting to rise again.
