Indian spear, double Olympic medalist and former world champion Neera Chopra on Thursday lowered an abandoned figure in Tokyo. After finishing the eighth in the final of the male javelin, he sat in silence at the Japanese National Stadium, he remained alone in the excavation for the rest of the event and even after the competition.
It was the first time since 2018, when Neeri could not be on stage for a big event. The World Champion 2023, who has won a habit in the last seven years, managed to handle only the best throw 84.03 m at the beginning of this year, significantly below 90.23 mv doha. His starting looked upset and his blocking lacked fluency and left him far from the usual clinical best.
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Neej sat alone in his 5th throwing and thinking quietly about what was going wrong today.
The same stadium, but without a crowd and drizzle as today, gave India his first Olympic gold in athletics in Tokyo 2020.
But today, on the same track, Neera failed pic.twitter.com/8l0m1imwq1– Nnis Sports (@nnis_sports) September 18, 2025
The result ended an extraordinary strip of 33 consecutive competitions for 2,566 days, when Neej always returned with the medal. The silence in Tokyo symbolized not only one defeat, but the end of the uninterrupted dominance era.
Later in the mixed zone Neeraj revealed that he suffered injuries during the training just before leaving for Tokyo. A 26 -year -old man, who trains under the Czech legend Jan Esten, explained that he had hurt during the shot during the shot and even informed the Indian athletic federation. After discussions with his coach and physics, he decided to compete despite failure.
While Neera ended rare off the day, Sachin Yadav countryman made subtitles with fourth place. The 25 -year -old man threw 86.27 m, the bronze disappeared only 40 centimeters.
Above, Trinidad and Tobago’s Keshorn Walcott secured their first world title seasonal best 88.16 m, before Grenad Anderson Peters and USA Curtis Thompson. Anderson Peters won silver and the US Curtis Thompson won bronze.
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Debodinna Chakracorty
Published on:
September 19, 2025
