{"id":260965,"date":"2026-09-03T13:28:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T13:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/03\/yashvir-replaces-neeraj-in-asiad-squad\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T13:28:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T13:28:24","slug":"yashvir-replaces-neeraj-in-asiad-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/03\/yashvir-replaces-neeraj-in-asiad-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"Yashvir replaces Neeraj in Asiad squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"picture verticle\"><picture><!--[if IE 9]><video style=\"display: none;\"><![endif]--><source media=\"(min-width: 1600px)\" sizes=\"960px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/292104\/article71424160.ece\/alternates\/FREE_1200\/PTI08_01_2026_000039B.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1599px)\" sizes=\"640px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/292104\/article71424160.ece\/alternates\/FREE_1200\/PTI08_01_2026_000039B.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 767px)\" sizes=\"400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/292104\/article71424160.ece\/alternates\/FREE_1200\/PTI08_01_2026_000039B.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 320px)\" sizes=\"320px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/292104\/article71424160.ece\/alternates\/FREE_1200\/PTI08_01_2026_000039B.jpg\"\/><!--[if IE 9]><\/video><![endif]--><\/picture><\/div>\n<p class=\"caption\">\n                    Yashvir Singh.<br \/>\n                                          | Photo Credit: PTI\n                                      <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"content-body-71424110\">\n<div class=\"schemaDiv\" id=\"schemaDiv\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p> Commonwealth Games bronze medallist javelin thrower Yashvir Singh has been named Worlds and Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra\u2019s replacement for the upcoming Asian Games.<\/p>\n<p>As per the latest 77-member Asiad team released by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI), Yashvir and Rohit Yadav will represent India in men\u2019s javelin at the Aichi-Nagoya Games.<\/p>\n<p>Neeraj, who secured a silver in the Glasgow Commonwealth Games and recorded his season\u2019s best 88.05m at the Lausanne Diamond League, prematurely ended his season due to an ankle ligament tear.<\/p>\n<p>As expected, Abhishek Pal\u2019s name is missing from the list after the distance runner reportedly tested positive for a banned substance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"update-publish-time article-published-time-end\">\n<p class=\"publish-time-new\"> Published <span>&#8211; September 03, 2026 06:58 pm IST<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sport\/yashvir-replaces-neeraj-in-asiad-squad\/article71424110.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yashvir Singh. | Photo Credit: PTI Commonwealth Games bronze medallist javelin thrower Yashvir Singh has been named Worlds and Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra\u2019s replacement for the upcoming Asian Games. As per the latest 77-member Asiad team released by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI), Yashvir and Rohit Yadav will represent India in men\u2019s javelin at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":260966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6802],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-260965","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-athetics"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}