Asian Games Javelin Success
India Secures Javelin Silver and Bronze Medals at Asian Games
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Sri Lanka’s Rumesh Pathirage won the Asian Games men’s javelin title with an 88.55-meter throw; he has also recorded a world-leading 92.62 meters this season. India’s Yashvir Singh took silver with a personal-best 85.72 meters, and Rohit Yadav won bronze with 84.35 meters, giving India a double podium despite defending champion Neeraj Chopra’s injury-related absence. Yashvir improved on his Commonwealth Games bronze, while Rohit’s medal marked a return after serious elbow surgery. Pakistan’s Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem finished fourth with 80.29 meters.
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Pathirage began with a 73.53-meter throw—his only sub-80-meter result of the season—before moving into the lead with 88.33 meters in round four and sealing the win with 88.55 meters in his final attempt.
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Pathirage arrived in Nagoya after winning the Commonwealth Games, the Diamond League final and the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship; his 92.62-meter throw made him the only thrower to exceed 92 meters that season and only the fourth in history to do so in a year.
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Yashvir opened with 83.56 meters to take the early lead, while Rohit briefly moved into first place with his 84.35-meter third attempt; Pathirage’s fourth-round throw later pushed both Indians down the standings before Yashvir’s final-round personal best secured silver.
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The Associated Press placed the result in a broader regional context: javelin has become a rare source of major international athletics success for India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, countries that have had little Olympic success outside the event and, for India, field hockey.
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