Archive · 28 Sep 2026
Pathirage Wins Asian Games Gold, India Takes Double Podium
Sri Lanka’s Rumesh Pathirage won the men’s javelin throw at the Asian Games.
India’s Yashvir Singh finished second and won the silver medal.
His throw traveled 85.72 meters, which was his personal best.
India’s Rohit Yadav finished third with a throw of 84.35 meters.
This gave India two medals in the same event.
Pathirage had already won gold at the Commonwealth Games earlier in the year.
India’s usual javelin star, Neeraj Chopra, did not compete because of an ankle ligament injury.
Reports differ slightly on whether Pathirage’s winning throw measured 88.55 or 88.33 meters.
Sri Lanka’s Rumesh Pathirage won the men’s javelin gold medal at the 2026 Asian Games.
India’s Yashvir Singh won silver with a personal-best throw of 85.72 meters.
Rohit Yadav took bronze with a throw of 84.35 meters.
Reports list Pathirage’s winning throw as either 88.55 or 88.33 meters.
Neeraj Chopra missed the event because of an ankle ligament injury, leaving India’s javelin hopes with Yashvir and Rohit.
- Who
- Sri Lanka’s Rumesh Pathirage, India’s Yashvir Singh and India’s Rohit Yadav; Neeraj Chopra was absent.
- What
- Pathirage won men’s javelin gold, while Yashvir won silver and Rohit won bronze.
- When
- Monday, September 28, 2026.
- Where
- The Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan.
- Why
- Pathirage’s leading throw won the event, while Yashvir and Rohit secured India’s double podium finish; Chopra withdrew because of an ankle ligament injury.
- Gold medalist
- Rumesh Pathirage of Sri Lanka
- Silver medalist
- Yashvir Singh of India
- Bronze medalist
- Rohit Yadav of India
- Yashvir’s distance
- 85.72 meters, a personal best
- Rohit’s distance
- 84.35 meters
- Pathirage’s distance
- Reported as 88.55 meters in two reports and 88.33 meters in another
- Competition
- Men’s javelin throw at the 2026 Asian Games
