New Delhi, June 7 -- The World Athletics vice-president Adille Sumariwalla hailed Sri Lankan javelin thrower Rumesh Pathirage's monster throw of 92.62 at the Rome Diamond League, calling it a "matter of pride" for the entire subcontinent, which proves that the athletes from this corner of the world can excel in athletics.

After super-consistent Neeraj Chopra, who captured both Olympic and World Championship golds, the 2024 Paris Olympics champion Arshad Nadeem from Pakistan, who broke the Olympic record, South Asia got another javelin star in Rumesh with a record-breaking throw that has got the entire world on notice. With this throw, the 23-year-old achieved the meet record and just fell 35 centimetres short of Nadeem's Asian and Olympi...