Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem was looking to create another history for Pakistan with a gold medal at the final of the World Athletics Championship javelin throw event, but he was eliminated after the fourth round of throws at the Japan National Stadium in Tokyo.
The final of the event features 12 throwers who qualified out of 37, featured in two groups on September 17.
This is also the first time that the javelin throw event of the championship features athletes from 11 different countries, and it is beautiful to see the South Asians making an indelible mark at the event, be it Arshad, Neeraj, or Sachin Yadav.
The diversity of the roster speaks volumes about the cultural change and what it means for people of colour in a traditionally white sport.
The India-Pakistan domination on the sport came to an end, while both Neeraj Chopra and Arshad won gold and silver medals, respectively, in the the last edition, they struggled to meet the mark each of them set in the 2025 men's Word Championships javelin throw qualification round even.
Trinidad And Tobago's 2012 Olympic champion Keshorn Walcott became the world champion with an unforgiving throw of 88.16m that came in the fourth round, while Grenada's Anderson peters took the silver medal with a mark of 87.38m in the second round of throws.
