New Delhi [India], September 5 (ANI): After recovering from his damage, Paris Olympics gold medallist and Pakistan javelin thrower, Arshad Nadeem, will compete towards his arch-rival from India, Neeraj Chopra, within the upcoming World Athletics Championships 2025 in Tokyo later this month.
Neeraj, who will look to defend his javelin throw title in Tokyo, and Arshad had been anticipated to mark their first face-off this yr on the Silesia Diamond League in Poland in August.
However, the Pakistani athlete pulled out of the Silesia Diamond League in July as he underwent surgical procedure on his proper calf in England, in keeping with Olympics.com.
The World Athletics Championships run from September 13 to 21 in Tokyo, with the boys’s javelin qualification on September 17 and the ultimate the subsequent day.
The Neeraj Chopra vs Arshad Nadeem showdown on the Japan National Stadium, the place Neeraj famously gained gold at Tokyo 2020, might be their first head-to-head since Paris 2024, when Nadeem hurled the Olympic report of 92.97m to clinch the gold.
Nadeem has competed solely as soon as since Paris 2024, profitable gold with a throw of 86.40m on the Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, Republic of Korea, in May.
The Paris 2024 gold medallist might be hoping to depose Neeraj of his world title in Tokyo, having completed with a silver medal behind his Indian rival in Budapest two years in the past, in keeping with Olympics.com.
The males’s javelin throw occasion on the World Athletics Championships can be anticipated to see in-form German Julian Weber, who gained the Diamond League final month, two-time world champion Anderson Peters of Grenada and former Olympic champion Keshorn Walcott of Trinidad and Tobago, in motion. (ANI)