Overview
- The World Athletics Championships run September 13–21 in Tokyo, with men’s javelin qualification on September 17 and the final on September 18.
- This will be their first head-to-head since Paris 2024, where Nadeem won gold with an Olympic record 92.97m.
- Chopra arrives with strong 2025 form, including a career-best 90.23m in Doha and a runner-up finish at the Zurich Diamond League Final.
- Nadeem has competed only once since the Olympics, winning the Asian Championships in May with 86.40m after undergoing right-calf surgery in July.
- Germany’s Julian Weber leads the wider field after three 90m-plus throws and a 91.51m world lead, with Anderson Peters, Keshorn Walcott and multiple Indian entrants also in contention.