Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem smashed the Olympic document en path to successful the gold medal within the males’s javelin occasion on the Paris Olympics 2024, beating India’s Neeraj Chopra.
Pakistan have their first gold medallist in Olympics track-and-field occasion on the Paris Olympics 2024 identical to India bought their first one at Tokyo Olympics 2021. Arshad Nadeem from Pakistan annihilated the boys’s javelin remaining subject and set a brand new Olympic document with a monstrous throw of 92.27m to win the his first Olympics gold medal.
The one one who bought anyplace shut was Nadeem’s shut good friend and admirer – Neeraj Chopra from India. The defending males’s javelin champion from India got here up with a 89.45m throw within the remaining to stroll away with a silver medal.
However not a very long time in the past, Nadeem was even struggling to purchase a brand new javelin for himself. Neeraj Chopra himself needed to plead to the Pakistan authorities to assist out his good friend from throughout the border.
“It has now bought to a stage the place the javelin is broken and I’ve requested the nationwide federation and my coach to do one thing about it earlier than the Paris Olympics,” Arshad Nadeem had advised the media in March this 12 months.
Males’s javelin throw remaining was BIG 🔥
🥇 92.97m OR Arshad Nadeem 🇵🇰
🥈 89.45m @Neeraj_chopra1 🇮🇳
🥉 88.54m Anderson Peters 🇬🇩 #Paris2024 #Olympics pic.twitter.com/jPrVZZ6txl— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) August 8, 2024
When Neeraj Chopra pleaded for Arshad Nadeem
In March 2024, Nadeem revealed that he had been utilizing the identical javelin for practically seven to eight years – extraordinary in worldwide sports activities. “Once I began off in 2015, competing in worldwide occasions, I bought this javelin… for a world athlete aiming to win a medal within the Olympic Video games, you want correct gear and coaching services,” Nadeem added.
Neeraj Chopra was involved when he bought to find out about his good friend Nadeem’s situation. “It’s laborious to imagine that he has been struggling to get a brand new javelin. Given his credentials, this shouldn’t be an enormous concern in any respect,” Neeraj mentioned.
“Arshad is a prime javelin thrower, and I imagine that the javelin makers shall be very happy to sponsor him and supply what he wants. This can be a piece of recommendation from my facet,” Neeraj Chopra added.
On Thursday, the 27-year-old from Khanewal village in Punjab area repaid the religion with an Olympic document and nation’s first particular person gold on the largest sporting stage on the planet. This was the identical Khanewal village which bought collectively to fund Nadeem’s bills in earlier years when he used to compete in worldwide javelin occasions.
“Individuals do not know how Arshad bought to this place immediately. How his fellow villagers and family used to donate cash in order that he may journey to different cities for his coaching and occasions in his early days,” his father Muhammad Ashraf advised PTI information company after his qualification to the Olympics finals this week.
Arshad Nadeem performed cricket at age-group degree
Nadeem, who was Pakistan’s flag-bearer at Paris Olympics 2024 opening ceremony, performed age-group cricket on the state degree till he took up throwing sports activities, beginning with shot put and discus. “Not turning into a cricketer was the very best factor that occurred to me. I wouldn’t be within the Olympics in any other case,” Nadeem mentioned.
Nadeem has been doing nicely for a very long time. He gained a silver medal on the World Championship final 12 months and likewise a gold within the Commonwealth Video games 2022 with a 90.18m throw.
The rivalry as nicely camaraderie between Neeraj Chopra and Arshad Nadeem is well-known. Within the final Olympics in Tokyo, the Indian star gained gold for his nation whereas Nadeem completed fifth in remaining standings.
“There’s little doubt in regards to the cricket rivalry. Now this javelin can also be there. Individuals again residence in Pakistan and even in India, they have been desperate to see us each throwing the javelin and beating one another. I’m pleased to see Chopra incomes silver,” Nadeem mentioned after the ultimate on Thursday.
Nadeem’s effort will make sure that he’ll go down within the historical past of athletics as one of many all-time greats and can hopefully encourage a complete nation like Neeraj Chopra managed to do.
