Pakistan’s Olympic gold medallist Arshad Nadeem on Thursday qualified for the men’s javelin throw final at the 2026 Commonwealth Games after finishing seventh in the qualification round with a best throw of 78.63 metres.
No athlete managed to achieve the automatic qualifying standard of 84 metres during the three-throw qualification round. The top 12 competitors based on their best throws advanced to the final which will be played tomorrow.
Sri Lanka’s Ramesh Tharanga topped the qualification standings with a throw of 82.84 metres, followed by Grenada’s Anderson Peters with 81.29 metres and South Africa’s Douw Smit with 80.64 metres.
England’s Ben East was among the top five with a throw of 80.38 metres, while India’s Neeraj Chopra finished fifth with 79.61 metres. Australia’s MacEntyre placed sixth with 78.91 metres, ahead of Arshad Nadeem in seventh.
Pakistan’s Yasir Sultan failed to qualify for the final after finishing 14th with a best throw of 74.36 metres.
