Arshad Nadeem thanks the nation for prayers and help in a video message on Instagram. —Instagram/ arshadnadeem29/screengrab
Star javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem on Sunday attributed his important victory on the Asian Athletics Championships to Pakistan.
In a video message posted on his Instagram account, Nadeem mentioned: “It is because of all your prayers that Allah made me successful in the finals, and gave respect to Pakistan, when I won gold at the Asian Athletics Championship.”
The javelin star made the nation proud by profitable the gold medal on the Asian competitors closing, ending with a strong throw of 86.40 metres in his closing try.
Nadeem, who holds the Olympic document after a monstrous 92.97-metre throw on the Paris 2024 Olympics, delivered a efficiency simply in need of the Asian Championship document, which stands at 86.72 metres.
In his message right this moment, the star javelin thrower mentioned that it was the outcomes of the nation’s prayers and the onerous work of his and his coach, Salman Iqbal Butt.
“This was my first competition since the Paris Olympics, and Allah gave victory to Pakistan,” he acknowledged.
Nadeem mentioned that he would land on the Lahore’s Allama Iqbal Worldwide Airport at 10:20pm tonight.
It’s pertinent to say right here that Nadeem turned the primary Pakistani in over 50 years to win a gold medal on the Asian Athletics Championships, marking Pakistan’s first gold since 1973 when the nation final claimed high honours in javelin throw and 800 meters — gained by Allah Dada and Muhammad Younis, respectively, throughout the occasion within the Philippines.
He’s additionally Pakistan’s first-ever particular person Olympic gold medalist and the nation’s first medalist in athletics on the Summer time Video games.
To this point, he has gained 4 golds, one silver, and 4 bronze medals in numerous occasions, together with the Olympics, World Championships, Commonwealth Video games, Asian Video games, Islamic Solidarity Video games, South Asian Video games, and Asian U20 Championships.
