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Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem sets new Olympic Record with a gold medal in javelin

Darpan News Desk IANS, 08 Aug, 2024 01:02 PM
  • Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem sets new Olympic Record with a gold medal in javelin

Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem broke the Olympic Record in the men's javelin throw final with a monster heave of 92.97 metres to upstage the Indian Tokyo Olympic Games gold medallist, Neeraj Chopra.

Nadeem had finished fourth in Tokyo and had struggled with injuries and financial crunch in the interim period. But on Thursday, Nadeem came up with a sensational effort to win the gold.

That gigantic throw of 92.97 put Nadeem at the top of the standings and he remained in that position managing throws of 88,72, 79.40m, and 84.87m and then ended the competition with a throw of 91.79 metres, the second time somebody crossed the 90m mark twice in the Olympics, as he became Pakistan's first gold medallist in individual competitions in the Olympics.

Nadeem won the first individual gold medal for Pakistan, who have till now won only three gold medals in the Olympics -- all in hockey.

Only two Pakistanis have won individual medals -- both bronze medals bagged by Muhammad Bashir in Men's freestyle welterweight wrestling in 1960 and boxer Hussain Shah in Men's middleweight in 1988 in Seoul.

The men's hockey team won Pakistan's last medal in the Olympics, a bronze in Barcelona in 1992. Nadeem ended a 32-year drought for an Olympic medal for Pakistan.

The country won its last gold medal in hockey in 1984 in Los Angeles.

 

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