Arshad Nadeem. A name that did wonders in the javelin throw event of Paris Olympics. Pakistan’s javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem broke the Olympic record in the javelin throw event and won the gold medal. He threw the javelin 92.97 meters away and set a new Olympic record. Earlier, Norsk athlete Thorkildsen Andreas had set a record of 90.57 meters in the Beijing Olympics in 2008. Now Nadeem has broken this record. With this, this is the first time in the history of Pakistan that an athlete has won a gold medal in an individual event in the Olympics.
Actually, Arshad Nadeem’s father was a labourer. He did not have enough money to bear the expenses of Nadeem’s training apart from household expenses. In such a situation, he had to collect donations for the javelin throw training for the Paris Olympics. Not only this, due to financial constraints, he had to prepare with an old javelin. This javelin had also become damaged. He had told that he could not buy a new javelin of international level for many years. And he kept practicing with the old damaged javelin. He had also requested the Pakistani sports administration to give him a new javelin.
The journey of becoming a champion started from school
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In an interview, Pakistan’s star athlete Arshad Nadeem told that when he was young, he used to go with his father to watch Pakistan’s famous sport of Javelin Throw. In this sport, many players pick up a mark placed on the ground with a long stick in their hand. He liked this sport and started training for it. But in the meantime, he got interested in Javelin Throw and started practicing it. He says that he also got the benefit of Javelin Throw training in Javelin Throw. When he threw the Javelin during the school athletics event, everyone was surprised to see it. When the school coach Rashid Ahmed Saki noticed his talent, he started training Nadeem in Javelin Throw.
Trials were given for government job
Nadeem, the third among eight siblings, says that the conditions at home were not good. His father used to earn Rs 400-500 as a labourer. Despite all these circumstances, his father took good care of him and arranged for milk and ghee so that he did not face any problem in practice. Due to the poor conditions at home, Arshad Nadeem’s dream was to get a government job. He gave trials for Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority under sports quota. That’s when Pakistan’s star javelin thrower Syed Hussain Bukhari noticed him. Syed Hussain Bukhari not only got him a government job, but also turned his career in a different direction.
Training for Paris Olympics using donation money
Nadeem’s father told in the interview that friends, villagers and relatives have paid for Nadeem’s training. Regarding his son’s success, he said that people do not know how he has reached this point. A lot of hard work and the blessings of many people are with him. When he made it to the finals, there was a festive atmosphere in the village. Nadeem entered athletics in the year 2011. In the year 2015, Nadeem became the national champion of Pakistan. Nadeem became the first track and field athlete from Pakistan to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics. He won the gold medal in the Commonwealth Games 2022.
Source (PTI) (NDTV) (HINDUSTANTIMES)