India, Sept. 19 -- India's Sachin Yadav stunned one and all as he finished ahead of both Neeraj Chopra and Arshad Nadeem in the men's javelin throw final at the World Athletics Championships on Thursday. The 25-year-old narrowly missed out on a medal after finishing in fourth place. The Tokyo Olympics gold-medallist Neeraj had a disappointing day, not even making it to the top five, eventually finishing in eighth place. On the other hand, Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem, who won gold at the Paris Games, had more of a shocker, finishing in tenth place.

Looking at Sachin Yadav's performance, his coach, Naval Singh, a Dronacharya awardee, revealed that he gave the youngster some "extra motivation" by asking him to finish ahead of Arshad, "come wha...