Overview

• Neeraj Chopra, Sachin Yadav, Yashvir Singh and Rohit Yadav will contest men’s javelin, enabled by the defending champion’s wild card that permits a fourth entrant.
• AFI named a smaller 19-member delegation than in 2023 with no relay teams, using entry standards, world rankings and late invitations to fill spots.
• Steeplechaser Avinash Sable, heptathlete Nandini Agasara and race walker Akshdeep Singh were dropped after being deemed medically unfit.
• Rohit Yadav secured a late World Athletics invitation after higher-ranked Manu Quijera withdrew, completing India’s four-man javelin group.
• With focus on medal prospects, Chopra’s buildup includes a Sept 4–9 acclimatisation camp in Tokyo before the Sept 13–21 championships following mixed results of 90.23m in Doha and 85.01m in Zurich.