Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem in motion through the Males’s Javelin Throw qualifying spherical in Commonwealth Video games 2026 at Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, July 30, 2026. — ReutersArshad finishes seventh with 78.63m throw.Prime 12 athletes safe remaining berths.Yasir Sultan misses out on qualification.
GLASGOW: Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem certified for the boys’s javelin throw remaining on the 2026 Commonwealth Video games after ending seventh within the qualification spherical with a finest throw of 78.63 metres.
No athlete managed to attain the automated qualifying commonplace of 84 metres through the three-throw qualification spherical. The highest 12 opponents primarily based on their finest throws superior to the ultimate.
Sri Lanka’s Ramesh Tharanga topped the qualification standings with a throw of 82.84 metres, adopted 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 many high 5 with a throw of 80.38 metres, whereas India’s Neeraj Chopra completed fifth with 79.61 metres. Australia’s MacEntyre positioned sixth with 78.91 metres, forward of Arshad Nadeem in seventh.
Pakistan’s Yasir Sultan didn’t qualify for the ultimate after ending 14th with a finest throw of 74.36 metres.
Arshad heads into the ultimate because the defending champion after making historical past on the 2022 Commonwealth Video games, the place he received gold with a 90.18-metre throw.
The hassle set new nationwide and Commonwealth Video games data and made him the primary South Asian athlete to surpass the 90-metre mark within the males’s javelin throw.
