Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan, who won the gold medal by defeating Neeraj Chopra in the Paris Olympics, practiced in this type of ground.
Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem has created history by winning gold medal in javelin throw in Paris Olympics. Arshad’s journey to reach here has not been easy. They have had to struggle with poverty.
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According to a report from Pakistan, Arshad’s father is a labourer. Seeing the talent, the village people collected donations for Arshad’s training. In the Paris Olympics, Arshad had a direct competition with India’s Neeraj Chopra. Neeraj has brought silver.
Nadeem has created history in this Olympics. He threw the javelin 92.97 meters. Earlier, Norse athlete Thorkildsen Andreas had set a record of 90.57 meters in the Beijing Olympics in 2008. Now Nadeem has created history by breaking this record. This was the first time in the history of Pakistan that an athlete won a gold medal in an individual event in the Olympics.
All three players who won medals together in the javelin throw event at the Paris Olympics.
People collected money for training
Arshad Nadeem was born in 1997 in Khanewal village of Punjab, Pakistan. His father works as a labourer. In such a situation, he had to struggle to support his large family of 7 children.
Arshad’s father Muhammad Ashraf told the media that people have no idea how Arshad reached here. People collected money for Nadeem’s training. This support from the community was very important for Nadeem, because in the initial days he did not have the necessary money to travel and train in other cities.
He also told that due to financial constraints, Arshad had to practice with an old spear. This spear was also damaged and he could not buy a new spear of international level for many years. Continued practicing with the damaged spear.
According to Arshad’s elder brother Shahid Azim, he was able to buy meat only once a year during Eid-ul-Azha.
This photo is going viral on social media. In this, Nadeem is sitting with his family.
Arshad Nadeek’s career was like this
In the year 2015, Nadeem started participating in javelin throw events and in a very short time he left his mark. In 2016, he won a bronze medal at the South Asian Games in India with a national record throw of 78.33 metres. After this, Nadeem proved his ability in the World Athletics Championship held in Doha in 2019.
Arshad Nadeem had secured fifth place in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics by throwing the javelin 86.62 meters. Earlier, Nadeem’s career best throw was 90.18 meters. He became the first Asian player to cross the 90 meter mark.
Neeraj Chopra won gold and Arshad Nadeem won silver medal in the World Athletic Championship.
Nadeem gives third Olympic medal to Pakistan
Nadeem won the first gold medal for Pakistan on Thursday. This is the country’s third Olympic medal. Earlier, he had won medals in wrestling in Rome in 1960 and boxing in Seoul in 1988.
Only Nadeem got success among seven athletes
Pakistan had sent seven athletes to the Paris Olympics, but only Nadeem could qualify for the final in his event. There is an atmosphere of celebration in his village after winning the gold.
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