India, Sept. 21 -- India has found a new javelin throw hero in Sachin Yadav after the 25-year-old came fourth at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Thursday. He outperformed Neeraj Chopra, who also failed to defend his title in the men's javelin throw final. The Tokyo 2020 gold medallist came eighth and was eliminated in the penultimate round.

Sachin registered a personal best in his first attempt, throwing 86.27m, and was even in the top three for a short period of time. Since his heroics on Thursday, he is also now being compared to Arshad Nadeem, who is the reigning Olympic champion and also the Olympic record holder. It is also being predicted that he could reach 95m in the future.

Speaking to The Indian Express, Neeraj's...