BUDAPEST: Pakistan’s javelin ace Arshad Nadeem has won a silver medal in the Javelin Throw competition of the World Athletics Championship in Hungary’s capital Budapest.
Nadeem made his best throw of 87.82m in his third attempt and secured the medal. India’s Neeraj Chopra clinched the gold medal with his best throw of 88.17m. Jakub Vadlejch of the Czech Republic won bronze medal with an 86.67m throw.
Arshad started off with a 74.80m throw, while India’s Neeraj Chopra began with a foul but the Pakistani javelin ace came back in the race with an excellent 82.81m throw in his second attempt.
However, it was Arshad’s third attempt which was the biggest breakthrough as it went 87.82 m to secure the second spot on the points table.
Arshad and Neeraj will be next seen in action during the Paris 2024 Olympics. Arshad created history as this was Pakistan’s first-ever medal at the World Athletics Championship.
Arshad Nadeem has become the first medallist ever for Pakistan in the history of the World Athletics Championship.
“What a day! Tiring yet rewarding. Like to thank Allah for this giving me the ability to go this far. This was the first time in the history of Pakistan that any Pakistani athlete won a medal at the World athletics championships,” Arshad Nadeem said in a post on X after his victory.
What a day! Tiring yet rewarding. Like to thank Allah for this giving me the ability to go this far. This was the first time in the history of Pakistan that any Pakistani athlete won a medal at the World athletics championships pic.twitter.com/DaZDeRNyq7
— Arshad Nadeem (@ArshadOlympian1) August 28, 2023
