Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage wins gold, whereas Neeraj Chopra takes silver, however Arshad Nadeem ,makes early exit.
Printed On 31 Jul 2026
Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage made historical past with Sri Lanka’s first gold medal in athletics when he noticed off a robust discipline to win the 2026 Commonwealth Video games javelin remaining.
The 23-year-old confronted the daunting prospect in Glasgow of battling the nice Pakistan and India pairing of Arshad Nadeem and Neeraj Chopra, so lengthy the highest two within the self-discipline.
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Nadeem, the defending champion who additionally received Olympic gold at Paris 2024, made a shock early exit after three throws on a blustery night at Scotstoun Stadium.
The going wasn’t a lot simpler for Pathirage, who solely registered one official throw in his first 5 efforts.
That, nonetheless, was sufficient to seal the gold with a throw of 89.75 metres.
Chopra put an injury-plagued 12 months behind him to safe silver with a season better of 85.83, whereas his compatriot, Yash Vir Singh, threw a private better of 85.41 to assert bronze.
5 of the finalists had thrown greater than 90 metres of their profession, together with world champion Keshorn Walcott. The Trinidad and Tobago star struggled along with his first 5 throws and solely managed 82.55 metres along with his final to put sixth.
Pathirage began off as a quick bowler in cricket, the place he was clocked – as an adolescent – at a velocity of 134 kilometres per hour (83 miles per hour).
The report velocity registered in cricket was 161.3km/h (100.2mph), bowled by Pakistan nice Shoaib Akhtar, who held the nickname ‘The Rawalpindi Categorical’.
Sri Lankan cricket’s loss has clearly been the acquire of the remainder of the nation.
