Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem saw his medal ending his medal on Thursday, because he was unable to secure a stage finish in the men -Speerworp final at the World Athletics Championships, organized in the Japanese National Stadium.
The Pakistani star opened the final with a throw of 82.73 meters and placed it seventh after the first round. His second attempt was a mistake, while his third throw measures 82.75 meters, followed by a new fault with his fourth attempt.
Nadeem was unable to reach the top eight, which was needed to earn three extra attempts in the final, ending his medal heap.
There was no fairytale return to the site of his 2021 Olympic triumph for India’s title defender Neeraj Chopra, who nowhere came close to the 90.23m that he threw earlier this season when he struggled for a best attempt of 84.03m and finished eighth.
Trinidad and Tobago’s Keshorn Walcott won his first global title since he claimed Olympic Gold as a teenager in 2012 when he won the men’s spear final at the world championships with a throw of 88.16 million on Thursday.
The 32-year-old dominated the competition in a stormy breeze at the National Stadium, which produced the two longest throws of the evening to secure a First World Championship medal to add to his gold 2012 and the bronze he won at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
In a good night before the Caribbean, the Anderson Peters of Grenada finished second with a throw of 87.38m to add a silver medal to the Golds he won at the 2019 and 2022 world championships.
Bronze went to Curtis Thompson, who sent his opening throw 86.67m to win a first world championship medal for the United States in the event since Breaux Greer in 2007.
Sachin Yadav proudly recovered for India with a personal record of 86.27m in his first attempt to finish fourth for Julian Weber.
The German was another title candidate who did not shot because he knew only a best throw of 86.11m, ample for the world-leading 91.51 million that he recorded on the Diamond League final in Zurich last month.
Kenya’s 36-year-old Julius Yego, the world champion 2015, played his ankle on his third attempt and was unable to end in the competition.
– Additional input from Reuters
