After winning two successive championships Anderson Peters was beaten up and badly injured by 5 crew members of a party boat.

[1] Peters was able to return, but threw 78.49m in the preliminary round and didn't make the final.

Jakub Vadlejch, the returning bronze medalist, came into the competition as the world leader for 2023 and the returning silver medalist, Tokyo Olympic Champion Neeraj Chopra were top qualifiers to the final.

[2] He knew it was good, he turned to the crowd to celebrate and didn't even watch if fly.

In the third round, Arshad Nadeem hit an 87.82m to put a scare into Chopra's lead.