Arshad Nadeem reaches Commonwealth Games 2026 javelin throw final
- Fellow countryman Yasir Sultan misses out on a place in final; finishes 14th with a best throw of 74.36 metres
Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem secured a spot in the 2026 Commonwealth Games men's javelin throw final, finishing seventh in a qualification round where no athlete met the automatic qualifying mark.
- Arshad Nadeem's javelin final qualification.
- Top performers in the javelin qualification round.
- The automatic qualifying mark for javelin.
Pakistan’s javelin ace Arshad Nadeem secured a place in the men’s javelin throw final at the 2026 Commonwealth Games after finishing seventh in the qualification round with a best effort of 78.63 metres.
None of the competitors reached the automatic qualifying mark of 84 metres during the three-attempt qualification phase, with the top 12 athletes progressing to the final based on their best throws.
Sri Lanka’s Ramesh Tharanga led the qualifiers with a throw of 82.84 metres, followed by Grenada’s Anderson Peters (81.29m) and South Africa’s Douw Smit (80.64m). England’s Ben East finished fourth with 80.38m, while India’s Neeraj Chopra placed fifth on 79.61m.
Australia’s MacEntyre was sixth with 78.91m, one place ahead of Nadeem.
Meanwhile, Pakistan’s Yasir Sultan missed out on a place in the final after finishing 14th with a best throw of 74.36 metres.
Comments