Asian Athletics Championships 2025: Qualifiers

Pakistan’s shining star in javelin throw, Arshad Nadeem, gave a commanding performance at the Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, South Korea, with a superb 86.34-meter effort that was the best across all qualifying rounds going into Saturday’s final. Ever since his Olympic glory in Paris, Nadeem has demonstrated this kind of form that puts him above the rest of Asia in this explosive throwing discipline. His qualifying throws tell us he is fit and raring to go for the championship final.

Complete Finalist Lineup

The nine-athlete final field represents the continent’s elite javelin talent:

• Arshad Nadeem (Pakistan) – 86.34m
• Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage (Sri Lanka) – 83.71m
• Yuta Sakiyama (Japan) – 81.36m
• Sumedha Jagath Ranasinghe (Sri Lanka) – 81.33m
• Sachin Yadav (India) – 79.62m
• Ryohei Arai (Japan) – 77.85m
• Yash Vir Singh (India) – 76.67m
• Taepoong Nam (South Korea) – 76.26m
• Muhammad Yasir (Pakistan) – 76.07m