World Athletics Championship: Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra has once again raised India’s head proudly. Neeraj threw 84.85 meters in his first attempt at the Jewelin throw event of the World Athletics Championship 2025 and made it to the finals directly. Apart from Neeraj, a total of 11 more athletes have also qualified in the final. Sachin Yadav is the most discussed in which the most discussed.
This time from India, four athletes landed in the Jewelin throw. Neeraj Chopra, Rohit Yadav, Yashveer Singh and Sachin Yadav. Of these, Rohit and Yashveer could not travel to the final, while Neeraj Chopra and Sachin Yadav performed brilliantly. Let’s know the full story of Sachin Yadav.
Story of Sachin Yadav, Dhoni’s fan to Javelin thrower
The story of 25 -year -old Sachin Yadav, who belongs to the farmer family of Uttar Pradesh, is very inspiring. Sometimes his dream was to become a cricketer. He considered former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni as his ideal and now follows Jaspreet Bumrah, but luck chose a different path for him. At the behest of the family, he adopted athletics and this decision proved to be his life changing.
Sachin first won the gold medal by throwing 80.04 meters at the 63rd National Open Athletics Championship held in Bengaluru in 2024. After this, he did not look back. In 2025, he won gold medals in Dehradun National Games (84.39 meters) and Kochi Federation Cup (83.86 m).
Silver in Asian Championship, Entry in 85 M Club
Sachin recognized the International Level from Asian Athletics Championship 2025. Here he won the silver medal by throwing 85.16 meters against legendary players like Pakistan’s Olympic gold medalist Arshad Nadeem. With this, he became the fourth Indian Jewelin thrower to cross the 85 meter mark. Before him, Neeraj Chopra, Shivpal Singh and Kishore Jena have done this feat.
These legends reached the finals
Apart from Neeraj Chopra and Sachin Yadav, Star Ethletes have made it to Star Ethletes in the Jewelin throw finals like Anderson Peters, Julian Weber, Julius Yigo, David Wagner, Arshad Nadeem, Curtis Thompson, Jacob Wadlejch, Keshorn Walcott, Cameron McNntier and Rumesh Pathiragae.
Expectations to india
Now everyone’s eyes are on the final match, where another gold medal is expected from Neeraj. At the same time, Sachin Yadav’s performance has also presented a strong picture of the future of Indian athletics.

