MOKPO, South Korea (Kashmir English): Pakistan’s javelin star Muhammad Yasir Sultan won a bronze at the Asian Throwing Championships here on Friday.
Sultan, 27, threw a massive 77.43m to clinch a bronze medal. He succeeded on his sixth and final attempt to snag a podium finish and smash his previous season’s best of 76.07m set at the Asian Athletics Championships in May this year.
Pathirage Rumesh Tharanga of Sri Lanka won gold with an 82.05m throw and became the only athlete to cross the 80m barrier in the event. Behind him was Japan’s Gen Naganuma with 78.60m.
Yasir started with a no-throw, followed by a solid 75.79m. He then threw two successive throws in the 72m range before anther no-throw on his fifth attempt. It was on his final attempt that he touched his medal-winning 77.43m mark.
The javelin ace
Yasir won a silver at the 2024 championships with a 78.10m throw, and a bronze in 2023 with a 79.93m throw, which still stands as his personal best. The javelin ace has yet to smash the 80m barrier.
