Sri Lanka’s Rumesh Pathirage wins Asian Games javelin gold

Sri Lankan star ends incredible season with gold while Inida’s Yashvir Singh and Rohit Yadav take silver and bronze.Published On 28 Sep 202628 Sep 2026Sri Lanka’s javelin star Rumesh Pathirage has continued his near-unbeaten streak this year by clinching gold at the Asian Games, as India’s Yashvir Singh and Rohit Yadav grabbed silver and bronze.Pathirage topped the podium with 88.55m in his final throw on Monday, while Singh, who won bronze at the Commonwealth Games earlier this year, upgraded to silver with a personal best of 85.72m and Yadav took bronze with 84.35m.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4‘Unstoppable’ Rumesh revives Sri Lanka’s glory, one javelin throw at a timelist 2 of 4Yuki Kurihara, Japan’s 11-year-old e-sports prodigy, wins Asian Games goldlist 3 of 4China swimmer makes Asian Games history as Thai sprinter wins track 100mlist 4 of 4China’s swimming prodigy Yu Zidi bags third gold in Asian Games recordend of listPakistan’s Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem could only muster 80.29m to finish fourth.In an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera earlier this month, Pathirage said he was eyeing Nadeem’s Asian record of 92.97m set at the Paris 2024 Olympics.World n...