Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem in motion in the course of the Males’s Javelin Throw qualifying spherical in Commonwealth Video games 2026 at Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, July 30, 2026. — Reuters
KARACHI: Pakistan’s Olympic gold medalist Arshad Nadeem has been named within the entry listing for the lads’s javelin throw on the Lausanne Diamond League, scheduled for August 21.
As per the entry listing, unveiled by the occasion organisers earlier in the present day, Nadeem will face stiff competitors from Indian rival Neeraj Chopra, two-time world champion Anderson Peters of Germany and recently-crowned Commonwealth Video games gold-medalist and world chief Rumesh Pathirage.
The lineup additional options the likes of Germany’s Thomas Rohler and Keshorn Walcott of Trinidad because the 2026 version of the Diamond League guarantees to be one of many strongest in recent times.
Notably, Nadeem will enter the competitors following an underwhelming outing on the Commonwealth Video games 2022 in Glasgow, which noticed him fail to defend his gold medal as he completed ninth within the 12-man closing.
The 29-year-old, who clinched the gold medal on the earlier version of the Video games in 2022 with a sensational throw of 90.18 metres, began his defence with a foul.
He finally received onto the leaderboard with a 77.41-metre throw in his second try however had slipped right down to the ninth spot by the top of the spherical.
Nadeem wanted to enhance his standing in his third try to remain in competition however solely managed a slender throw of 75.39 metres and remained in ninth spot, which resulted in him being knocked out of the medal race.
Lausanne Diamond League 2026 javelin throw entry listing
Anderson Peters (Grenada), Arshad Nadeem (Pakistan), Curtis Thompson (USA), Jakub Vadlejch (Czechia), Julian Weber (Germany), Keshorn Walcott (Trinidad and Tobago), Neeraj Chopra (India), Rumesh Pathirage (Sri Lanka), Simon Wieland (Switzerland) and Thomas Röhler (Germany).
