Overview

• Defending champion Neeraj Chopra managed a best of 84.03m, fouled his fifth attempt, and was eliminated after the penultimate round under the event’s new cut format.
• Keshorn Walcott won gold with 88.16m, Anderson Peters took silver at 87.38m, and Curtis Thompson earned bronze with 86.67m as no athlete reached 90m.
• India’s Sachin Yadav, making his World Championships debut, set a personal best of 86.27m to finish fourth, 40 centimeters shy of the podium.
• Chopra told reporters he had a back problem in the days before Tokyo, said he informed the Athletics Federation of India, and chose to compete after consulting his team.
• The eighth-place finish ended Chopra’s seven-year run of medals at major events, and he was seen sitting alone and visibly dejected in the dugout after the final.