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.
- Rumesh 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.
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- Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage wins gold, while Neeraj Chopra takes silver, but Arshad Nadeem ,makes early exit.
- Rumesh 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.
Sources: Al Jazeera