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Asian Athletics 2025: Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem qualifies for final with massive throw
Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem has qualified for the final of the Asian Athletics Championships, currently underway in Gumi, Republic of Korea. Competing for the first time since the Paris Olympics, Nadeem topped the heats with an impressive throw of 86.34 Sachin Yadav and Yash Vir Singh also secured spots in the final, scheduled for Saturday, May 31. Sachin, who won gold at the 2025 National Games in Dehradun, recorded a best throw of 79.62 metres to finish fifth. Yash ranked seventh with a 76.67-metre throw, just above the qualification mark of 76 finalists include Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage and Sumedha Jagath Ranasinghe from Sri Lanka, Yuta Sakiyama and Ryohei Arai from Japan, Taepoong Nam from South Korea, and Muhammad Yasir from are the players who have qualified for the Asian Athletics Championships javelin final Arshad Nadeem – Pakistan – 86.34mRumesh Tharanga Pathirage – Sri Lanka – 83.71mYuta Sakiyama – Japan – 81.36mSumedha Jagath Ranasinghe – Sri Lanka – 81.33mSachin Yadav – India – 79.62mRyohei Arai – Japan – 77.85mYash Vir Singh – India – 76.67m Taepoong Nam – South Korea – 76.26mMuhammad Yasir – Pakistan – 76.07m India currently sits second in the medal standings at the Asian Athletics Championships with a total of 14 medals - five gold, six silver, and three bronze. The latest gold medals came courtesy of Jyothi Yarraji in the women's 100m hurdles, the women's 4x400m relay team, and Avinash Sable in the men's 3000m steeplechase, pushing India ahead of Japan in the set a new Championship Record in the 100m hurdles with a time of 12.96 seconds. Meanwhile, Sable ended India's 36-year gold medal drought in the men's 3000m steeplechase, clocking a season-best 8: best-ever performance at the Championships came in 2017 in Bhubaneswar, where the nation secured 27 medals — nine gold, six silver, and 12 Watch
