New York, 9 August 2024 (TDI): Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) Munir Akram has congratulated Arshad Nadeem on his 2024 Paris Olympics gold medal win, with an amazing javelin throw of 92.97 meters.
“Grand performance by Nadeem,” Munir Akram said in a statement. “Never count Pakistan out,” the envoy added.
Meanwhile, Pakistanis across the United States (US) watched Arshd Nadeem’s impressive performance on television, and exchanged congratulations.
Some Pakistanis gathered in restaurants in several cities to watch the game on giant screens and burst into cheers and started celebrations when Arshad Nadeem was declared the winner. They chanted as “Pakistan Zindabad” and “He is our pride.”
Arshad landed two 90-meter-plus throws in his six attempts, breaking his personal-best record of 90.18m, and becoming the only javelin thrower in history to achieve this feat.
The defending champion India’s Neeraj Chopra looked off the mark tonight with 4 foul attempts. Despite that, he managed to land an 89.45-metre throw in his second attempt (of six) to secure a silver medal. Grenada’s Anderson Peters won a bronze medal with a throw of 88.54m.
This is Pakistan’s first individual gold and fourth overall at the Games since the 1948 edition. The country’s last medal came in 1992 when the national hockey team secured a bronze in Barcelona.
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Arshad’s gold brings Pakistan’s total Olympic medal count to 11, including four gold, as many bronze, and three silver. Of these, only three were won by individual athletes, while the remaining eight, including three gold, were claimed by the national hockey team.
Arshad Nadeem first came to the fore when he finished 5th at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. However, his true potential was realised when Arshad Nadeem won gold at the Commonwealth Games in 2022 and silver at the World Championships in 2023.
During the qualification round on Tuesday, Arshad threw his first throw of 86.59 metres, well over the 84-metre qualifying mark, to advance to the medal round. His throw was the third farthest followed by India’s Neeraj Chopra (89 metres) and Grenada’s Anderson Peters (88 metres).
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