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Rumesh Pathirage seals Sri Lanka’s first athletics gold to outshine rivalry between Neeraj Chopra and Arshad Nadeem in the javelin final at the 2026 Commonwealth Games.
The final was staged at Scotstoun Stadium in Glasgow, Scotland.
