India, Oct. 13 -- Neeraj Chopra had a disappointing outing at the World Athletics C'ships in Tokyo last month, finishing eighth in the men's javelin throw final. Neeraj failed to find any consistency during the final and managed to register a best throw of 84.03m. The Tokyo 2020 gold medallist failed to find his momentum and failed to cross the 85m mark in his attempts. He was also eliminated in the pentultimate round. Meanwhile, India found another hero in Sachin Yadav, who finished in fourth place.

Speaking to Sportstar, Neeraj's former coach Klaus Bartonietz, who guided Keshorn Walcott to glory in the final, had special praise for Sachin, who was 40 centimetres short of a podium finish.

"I wouldn't have been surprised if Sachin had w...