Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem has placed fifth in the World Championships javelin final in Oregon, becoming the first Pakistani athlete to achieve a top-eight finish.
According to a report in World Athletics, Grenada’s Anderson Peters beat Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra to retain his world javelin title on Saturday, saving his best for last with a throw of 90.54 metres after leading the competition throughout.
Peters was the only athlete to breach the 90m-mark, doing so three times in windy conditions at Hayward Field.
Chopra threw a best of 88.13m to finish second while the Czech Republic’s Jakub Vadlejch, who won silver in Tokyo, took bronze with an effort of 88.09m.
