Pathirage beats Chopra and Nadeem to win Commonwealth gold in javelin

Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage wins gold, while Neeraj Chopra takes silver, but Arshad Nadeem ,makes early exit.Published On 31 Jul 202631 Jul 2026Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage made history with Sri Lanka’s first gold medal in athletics when he saw off a strong field to win the 2026 Commonwealth Games javelin final.The 23-year-old faced the daunting prospect in Glasgow of battling the great Pakistan and India pairing of Arshad Nadeem and Neeraj Chopra, so long the top two in the discipline.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Why is UEFA threatening FIFA boycott? Infantino’s World Cup plan explainedlist 2 of 4FIFA COO Lamour says staff deceived over Infantino’s World Cup planlist 3 of 4FIFA studying impact of expanding World Cup to 64 teams for 2030 editionlist 4 of 4Infantino’s plan to sell stakes in the FIFA World Cup: All to knowend of listNadeem, the defending champion who also won Olympic gold at Paris 2024, made a shock early exit after three throws on a blustery evening at Scotstoun Stadium.The going wasn’t much easier for Pathirage, who only registered one legitimate thrown in his first five efforts.That, however, was enough to seal goal with a throw of 89.75 metres.Chopra ...