Overview
- Pathirage clinched the men’s javelin Diamond League final in Brussels on Saturday with an 89.04m third-round throw that proved decisive.
- Poland’s Dawid Wegner took silver with a personal best of 87.47m, while Keshorn Walcott earned bronze at 83.99m and Anderson Peters finished fourth at 83.70m.
- The win completes a season in which Pathirage led the circuit after multiple meeting wins and a world-leading 92.62m in Rome that set a Sri Lankan record.
- Top rival Neeraj Chopra, who had qualified for the final, did not compete after suffering an ankle ligament injury that ruled him out of the Diamond League final and the rest of the season.
- Pathirage’s title is a national milestone as the first Diamond League final winner from Sri Lanka and it raises expectations for his form at the Asian Games and other upcoming meets.