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- Yasir Sultan threw the massive 77.43 meters on his sixth attempt to break his previous season’s best
- Sri Lanka’s Pathirage Tharanga won gold with 82.05-meter throw, followed by Japan’s Gen Naganuma
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani javelin star Yasir Sultan on Friday clinched the bronze medal at the Asian Throwing Championships in South Korea, with a season’s best throw of 77.43 meters.
Sultan threw the massive 77.43 meters on his sixth attempt to break his previous season’s best of 76.07 meters at the Asian Athletics Championships in May.
Sri Lanka’s Pathirage Rumesh Tharanga won gold with an 82.05-meter throw and became the only athlete to cross the 80m barrier this morning. He was followed by Japan’s Gen Naganuma with 78.60 meters.
“Yasir Sultan throws a season’s best of 77.43m to clinch BRONZE at the Asian Throwing Championships 2025 in Mokpo, South Korea,” the Pakistan Sports Board said on Instagram.
“Yasir not only secured a podium finish but also broke his own season’s record. A new victory for Pakistan athletics!“
Sultan won the silver medal at the last year’s Asian Throwing Championships with a 78.10-meter throw and the bronze medal in 2023 with a 79.93-meter throw, which still stands as his personal best.
The javelin ace has yet to cross the 80-meter mark.