Asian Games: Indian athletes have been named in the Asian Games 2026. India’s dominance was seen in javelin throw. Two athletes from India performed amazingly and won silver and bronze medals. Star athlete Yash Veer Singh won the silver medal. At the same time, India’s Rohit Yadav captured the bronze medal.
This performance was seen in the absence of star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra. Neeraj Chopra did not participate in the Asian Games 2026 due to injury. In such a situation, the responsibility of bringing medal in Javelin Throw was on the shoulders of Rohit Yadav and Yash Veer Singh. Both of them fulfilled this responsibility very well and did a great feat of putting 2 medals in India’s bag.
Yash Veer Singh performed personal best
Yash Veer Singh gave a personal best performance in his last attempt and won the silver medal, while Rohit Yadav finished with the bronze medal. The match remained very exciting for Yash Veer till the last throw. He recorded his personal best performance by throwing the javelin of 85.72 meters in his final attempt. With this brilliant throw he reached second place and secured the silver medal.
Rumesh Pathirage won gold medal
At the same time, Rohit Yadav also secured third place with a throw of 84.35 meters. His final attempt was declared a foul, but his earlier performance of 84.35m was enough to take him to the podium. In this way, India won both silver and bronze medals in this event. However, the gold medal went to Sri Lanka’s emerging athlete Rumesh Pathirage. In the last attempt of the competition, he made a brilliant throw of 88.55 meters and with this he captured the gold medal. His final throw was not only the longest but also proved to be the decisive moment of the match. Earlier, Rumesh Pathirage had also won the gold medal in the Commonwealth Games 2026. Neeraj Chopra got silver while Yash Veer Singh got bronze.