Overview

• Neeraj Chopra finished eighth with a best of 84.03m, ending a multi-year run of podiums and acknowledging it “wasn’t my night.”
• Chopra competed through a back/disc issue with curtailed preparation, saying he managed only one training session and had considered not starting.
• Sachin Yadav delivered a personal best of 86.27m to place fourth, missing bronze by 40 centimetres after multiple 85m-plus throws, and AFI officials tout him as a future 90m contender.
• Keshorn Walcott took gold with 88.16m, Anderson Peters earned silver at 87.38m, and Curtis Thompson claimed bronze with 86.67m as Julian Weber finished fifth and Arshad Nadeem tenth.
• India left the World Championships without a medal for the first time in six years, with only three finalists, including high jumper Sarvesh Kushare who cleared 2.28m for sixth.