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Rumesh's 92.62m second-best in Asia
The New Indian Express Thiruvananthapuram
|June 06, 2026
JAVELIN in the Commonwealth Games could turn out to be a fascinating contest between three Asian throwers.
There has been a mini javelin revolution in South Asia. First, it was Neeraj Chopra to win Olympic gold (Tokyo), then Arshad Nadeem in Paris Games and now following in their footsteps, though not an Olympic medallist, Sri Lanka’s Rumesh Pathirage has broken the 90-m barrier. He is second in Asia behind Arshad Nadeem, who threw the spear to 92.97m at the Paris Olympics. Neeraj’s best is 90.23m.
This story is from the June 06, 2026 edition of The New Indian Express Thiruvananthapuram.
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