Glasgow:Two-time Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra advanced to the men's javelin throw final at the 2026 Commonwealth Games after registering a best effort of 79.61m in the qualification round on Friday. Chopra opened his campaign with a throw of 76.28m before improving to 79.61m on his second attempt. Notably, the qualification round turned out to be lower-scoring than expected, with none of the competitors reaching the automatic qualification distance. Rohit Yadav qualified in ninth place with a best throw of 78.37m, while Yash Vir Singh finished 10th with 78.36m. The 2015 world champion and Rio 2016 Olympic silver medallist failed to make the cut after finishing 13th with a best throw of 74.50m, missing out on the final by one place.