Pakistan, July 31 -- Pakistan's javelin ace Arshad Nadeem secured a place in the men's javelin throw final at the 2026 Commonwealth Games after finishing seventh in the qualification round with a best effort of 78.63 metres.

None of the competitors reached the automatic qualifying mark of 84 metres during the three-attempt qualification phase, with the top 12 athletes progressing to the final based on their best throws.

Sri Lanka's Ramesh Tharanga led the qualifiers with a throw of 82.84 metres, followed by Grenada's Anderson Peters (81.29m) and South Africa's Douw Smit (80.64m). England's Ben East finished fourth with 80.38m, while India's Neeraj Chopra placed fifth on 79.61m.

Australia's MacEntyre was sixth with 78.91m, one place ahe...