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Sachin Yadav finishes 8th in men’s javelin throw

Sachin Yadav finishes 8th in men’s javelin throw

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Indian Javelin thrower Sachin Yadav had a forgettable outing on his Diamond League debut, finishing 8th at Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy, on Thursday. The 26-year-old failed to cross the 80m mark in either of his five throws, finishing with the best throw of 79.18m from his second attempt. He had gone to Rome, hoping to breach the Commonwealth Games qualifying mark of 82.61m, but couldn’t find his rhythm and missed out again. This was his second successive competition where he failed to breach the 80m mark, following the 79.07m throw at the 2026 Federation Cup in Ranchi last month. Ramesh Pathirage of Sri Lanka won the men’s javelin title in Rome with a historic 92.62m throw, setting a new national record and making him the 8th-best thrower ever. He is now second best in Asia behind reigning Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan and also pushed Indian national record holder Neeraj Chopra (90.23m) to 4th place. Former World Champion Anderson Peters (83.91m) of Grenada and American thrower Curtis Thompson (83.89m) finished in second and …

Rumesh Pathirage becomes Asia’s 2nd best Javelin Thrower

Rumesh Pathirage becomes Asia’s 2nd best Javelin Thrower

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3 min readUpdated: Jun 5, 2026 06:20 PM IST Sri Lanka’s Rumesh Pathirage became the first javelin thrower to cross the 90m mark in the 2026 season. The 23-year-old threw 92.62m at the Rome Diamond League on Thursday night to make the new meet record, new national record for Sri Lanka, and take the World lead. Overall, it sits eighth in the all-time list for longest throws in men’s javelin, with Pathirage overtaking current India national coach Sergey Makarov. One of the most consistent throwers this season, Rumesh broke the national record earlier in March and took the world lead with 89.37m throw. He crossed 89m again at the Kip Kenio Classic in April throwing 89.28m Competing in an elite field with current world champion Keshorn Walcott, former world champion Anderson Peters, former Olympic champion Thomas Rohler, former Olympic silver medallist Jakub Vadlejch, Rumesh took the lead with his first throw of 84.49m and recorded 92.67m in his second throw. The rest were foul throws. A medium pacer turned thrower, Rumesh trains under his coach …

Paralympic champion Sumit Antil sets new world record in men’s Javelin

Paralympic champion Sumit Antil sets new world record in men’s Javelin

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Two-time Paralympic champion Sumit Antil bettered his own World record in the men’s F64 Javelin throw event at the Indian Open Para Athletics Championships in Bengaluru on Wednesday. He unleashed a massive 74.82m throw in his fifth attempt to improve on his personal best and previous world record of 73.29m to win the title. “I was wondering why I wasn’t able to better it (World Record) in competition. It’s been so long, but today I came here just to do my personal best,” said Sumit to the Bridge after his world record. #News | A new Personal Best for Sumit Antil. The Paralympic champion unleashed a massive 74.82m throw at the Indian Open Para Athletics Championships in Bengaluru. It will also count as a new World Record if ratified by World Para Athletics.#Parathletics #Javelinthrow📷Getty pic.twitter.com/hUjPCZsDKk — The Bridge (@the_bridge_in) May 27, 2026 Sumit had last set the world record at the 2023 Asian Para Games in China. Three years later, he has now improved his own world record for the seventh time with a huge …

Federation Cup finale disappoints as Indian javelin throwers miss CWG mark

Federation Cup finale disappoints as Indian javelin throwers miss CWG mark

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2 min readRanchiMay 25, 2026 10:57 PM IST After three days of record-breaking action at the Federation Cup in Ranchi, the finale turned out to be a letdown, with the javelin throw event not living up to expectations. Despite six throwers with personal bests of over 80m and the presence of Asian Games silver medallist Kishore Kumar Jena, World Championships finalist Sachin Yadav, and Rohit Yadav, the event was subdued, with youngster Shivam Lohakare winning the competition with a new personal best of 81.71m. The major shock came when none of the throwers breached 82.61m, the Commonwealth Games benchmark. Shivam’s effort was the only positive in the competition as he threw four 80m+ throws while favourite Sachin (79.4m) failed to touch the 80m mark. While Sachin tried multiple things to counter the wind, like throwing a flat throw and giving a lot of flight to the javelin, but nothing worked for him on the night. “An athlete can have an off day. I don’t think it would derail him. We will do better at the …

Sumit Antil complains about javelin coach’s abuse; Neeraj Chopra backs complaint | Sport-others News

Sumit Antil complains about javelin coach’s abuse; Neeraj Chopra backs complaint | Sport-others News

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4 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Apr 18, 2026 12:09 AM IST Double Paralympic gold medallist javelin thrower Sumit Antil, supported by former Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra, has accused Dronacharya awardee coach Naval Singh of mental harassment and verbal abuse. In a written complaint to the Sports Authority of India (SAI), Sumit has mentioned verbal abuse on multiple occasions, dragging his family into it. “I trained under him (Naval) in 2018-19, but even after leaving him, he constantly abuses us verbally. He gets drunk and goes on to abuse the families of different athletes, including mine, Neeraj bhai, Navdeep, and others. He (Naval) would deliberately share recordings of his abusive rants with my manager,” Sumit told The Indian Express. “I have made this complaint only after it went beyond a certain level. Paani sar se upar aa gaya tha ji,” he added further. SAI accepted that they had received the complaint but stated that they had nothing to do with Naval Singh, and he was engaged with the Athletics Federation of India to train Sachin Yadav as …

Neeraj Chopra, Sumit Antil allege harassment by javelin coach Naval Singh

Neeraj Chopra, Sumit Antil allege harassment by javelin coach Naval Singh

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When an Olympic medallist speaks up, it carries weight. But when multiple elite athletes echo the same concern, it demands immediate attention. In a recent development, two-time Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra, two-time Paralympic champion Sumit Antil and a few other elite athletes have alleged mental harassment and repetitive use of abusive language by javelin coach Naval Singh, who trains Sachin Yadav. A written complaint was submitted to the Sports Authority of India (SAI) on April 10, after the matter was raised with officials from SAI and the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI). “I have always been a clean athlete and I don’t want to be part of any controversy. I tried to explain to him (coach Naval Singh) multiple times, but this is not the first time. It has gone beyond my patience level,” Sumit Antil told The Bridge on Friday. “He gets drunk and sends random recordings abusing us and dragging our families in it. He tends to behave this way when competitions approach,” he added. The Bridge is in possession of emails written …

Neeraj Chopra, Arshad Nadeem, and now Rumesh Pathirage: Sri Lankan medium-pacer turned javelin thrower making his mark from South Asia | Sport-others News

Neeraj Chopra, Arshad Nadeem, and now Rumesh Pathirage: Sri Lankan medium-pacer turned javelin thrower making his mark from South Asia | Sport-others News

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When Sri Lanka’s javelin thrower Rumesh Pathirage was in his teenage, he used to clock 130kph with the cricket ball. He participated in a pace hunt and nudged the speed gun to 134kph in the U18 category. He finished second. The topper, Eshan Malinga, turns up for his country and Sunrisers Hyderabad. But the road not taken would not haunt Rumesh because he is breaking records in the chosen field too. He climbed to ninth in the world last season, and leads the distance chart this season; he holds the fourth best hurl by an Asian, a mark of 89.37 achieved at the Champions Track and Field meet in Sri Lanka. The twist of fate came when legendary throws coach Tony Prasanna stumbled onto him. He coaxed him into flinging the javelin and took him under his wings. “It was coach Tony who introduced me to javelin,” he tells The Indian Express. The coach’s advice was simple: “He always tells me that if I master the basics and do them the right way, I will …

The newest World No 1 in javelin is from…..Sri Lanka

The newest World No 1 in javelin is from…..Sri Lanka

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It is very early in the javelin season, but Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage registered his personal best in javelin of 89.37 metres to achieve the world leading mark and a new meet record at the Champions Track and Field meet on Sunday at the Mahinda Rajpaksa stadium, Diyagama, Srilankansportstv.com reported. On Instagram, he would dedicate the mark to his heroes, coach Tony Prasanna, his father Thushara sponsors and Duminda Lowe and Chandima Gurusinghe. The 25-year-old SAAF best athlete from the Ranchi Games in 2025, is now 4th in Asia in all time throws after Arshad Nadeem (92.27), Chao Tsun Cheng (91.36) and Neeraj Chopra (90.23). He had earlier started the season with 83.07 at Perth Classic on V day. South Asia continues to be where the biggest throws are getting hurled. While the last two Olympic golds were claimed by Indian Neeraj Chopra and Pakistani Arshad Nadeem, the third cricketing powerhouse is catching up. Exactly a year ago, Sri Lankans Rumesh Pathirage (85.41m) and Sumedha Ranasinghe (85.78m) had taken up the third and second slots respectively …

Shivam Lohakare wins Javelin gold at Indian Open Throws

Shivam Lohakare wins Javelin gold at Indian Open Throws

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Army athlete Shivam Lohakare emerged as the standout performer in the men’s javelin throw at the fifth edition of the Indian Open Throws Competition held at the National Institute of Sports in Patiala. Lohakare secured the gold medal with a throw of 81.08m, achieved on his opening attempt. Despite failing to register valid marks in his remaining five throws, the distance proved sufficient to top the field on the final day of the competition. Anand Singh, representing the Services Sports Control Board, claimed the silver medal with a best effort of 76.94m. Asian Games medallist Kishore Kumar Jena finished third with 74.75m, marking his return to competition after taking a break last season due to an ankle injury. In the men’s discus throw, Kirpal Singh of ONGC secured gold with a throw of 58.89m, followed by Dharamraj Yadav of the Army (55.75m) and Mohammed Saqlain of Karnataka (55.47m). Among the youth events, Haryana’s Nishchay produced a notable performance in the U18 discus throw with a best mark of 63.90m, narrowly missing the national record of …

JLN Stadium set for major Javelin training upgrade

JLN Stadium set for major Javelin training upgrade

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The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi is set to receive a major boost to its athletics infrastructure after the Union Sports Ministry’s Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) approved the proposal of Indian javelin thrower Sachin Yadav for the procurement of specialised training equipment. The approval will benefit not just Sachin but also several other javelin throwers training at the iconic venue, strengthening India’s preparation pipeline for upcoming international competitions. It has been manufactured by Indian sports goods manufacturing company under the ‘Make in India’ initiative for a cost of Rs 15 Lakh. The Javelin Throwing Machine, modelled on the Kraft Trainings Gerät (KTG), develops javelin-specific strength and release speed through weighted sled throws. India had earlier become the third country in the world in 2021 after Germany and China to procure this specialised equipment for elite javelin training, and now the product is being manufactured domestically, supporting the Government’s ‘Make in India’ initiative. A similar strength-building machine was earlier installed by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) at the Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports …