Overview

• Keshorn Walcott took gold with a season-best 88.16m, ahead of Anderson Peters (87.38m) and Curtis Thompson (86.67m).
• Defending champion Neeraj Chopra managed 84.03m, was eliminated after the fifth round, and later vowed on social media to return stronger.
• Worlds debutant Sachin Yadav delivered a personal best of 86.27m to finish fourth, narrowly missing the podium.
• Pakistan’s Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem placed 10th with 82.75m and apologised to fans, citing an injury he has dealt with since July.
• The final used a revised elimination format that cut the field after the fourth and fifth rounds, and Walcott credited his coaching switch to Klaus Bartonietz, who previously coached Chopra.