Pakistan's emerging javelin thrower Yasir Sultan won a bronze medal at the Asian Throwing Championships in Mokpo, South Korea.

Although the 27-year-old bagged a bronze medal at the championship, he was unable to achieve his main goal, which was to qualify for the World Athletic Championships 2025, scheduled to take place next month in Tokyo.

Yasir's best attempt that got him a podium finish at Mokpo Stadium on Friday was 77.43 metres.

He needed to touch the 85.50m mark to book a spot in Tokyo.

This is his second podium finish; the last one was in the 2023 Asian Championship, where he posted 79.93 m to take the bronze. There were 17 throwers vying for the podium finish.

"This was our last chance to qualify for the 2025 World Athletics Championships; the expectation was that Yasir would

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