KARACHI: Arshad Nadeem, who won the gold medal for Pakistan in the javelin throw event of the Commonwealth Games, has come close to the Olympic record.
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The world record in javelin throw is held by three-time world and Olympic champion Czech athlete Jan Zelezny, who achieved the honor of throwing 98.48 meters during the athletics competition in Germany in 1996. Current Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra threw 87.58 meters to win gold. won the medal, India's first gold medal at the Commonwealth Games.
In the Olympics 2020 held in Tokyo, Japan, Arshad Nadeem finished fifth with a throw of 84.62 meters. His first throw was a career best of 86.81 meters, his personal record was 86.38 meters, his second attempt was a foul while in his third attempt he made a career best throw of 88 meters. Also setting a national record, Arshad Nadeem looked in top form in the final three attempts among the top 8 for medals, with Arshad Nadeem throwing 85.9 meters in his fourth throw to overtake world champion Anders Peters (82.74 meters) in his fifth attempt. Arshad Nadeem managed to create a new record with a throw of 90.18 meters, but he was limited to 86 meters in the sixth over.
On the other hand, at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games, Pakistan bagged 8 medals including 2 gold medals, 3 silver and as many bronze medals, this was Pakistan's best performance at the Commonwealth Games since 1970, in 12 different sports. Among the 68 participating Pakistani athletes, Noah Dastgir Butt won gold in weightlifting and Arshad Nadeem in javelin throw (athletics), wrestlers Sharif Tahir, Inam Butt and Zaman Anwar won silver, judoka Shah Hussain Shah, wrestlers Inayatullah and Ali Asad. Bronze medals won, Pakistan won 10 medals including four gold in 1970, thus this is the best performance of Pakistan in the last 52 years. Overall, the number of medals of Pakistan in the Commonwealth Games has reached 83, including 27 gold. , including as many silver and 29 bronze medals.
