Arshad Nadeem’s record in the Olympics, Pakistan won the gold medal after forty years
Arshad Nadeem set a record in the history of the Olympics by throwing 92.97 meters. Defending champion India’s Neeraj Chopra finished second with a throw of 89.45 meters.
It has been 32 years since Pakistan won a medal at the Olympics, the last time Pakistan won a bronze medal in hockey at the 1992 Olympics. Pakistan won the last gold medal 40 years ago.
During the final competition, Arshad Nadeem could not throw in his first turn but in the second turn, he threw 92.97 meters which is the biggest throw in the history of the Olympics so far.
Arshad Nadeem threw 88.72 meters in the third round, 79.40 meters in the fourth round, 84.87 meters in the fifth round, and 91.79 meters in the sixth round.
Earlier, the record for the longest throw in the Olympics was held by Andreas Thorkeldsen of Norway who threw 90.57 meters in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Arshad Nadeem has broken this record after 16 years.
Neeraj Chopra made it to the final with a throw of 89.34 meters while Arshad Nadeem finished fourth with 86.59 meters, the qualification criteria for the final was 84 meters or the first 12 best throws by the athletes.
Before the final, Arshad Nadeem, in a special conversation with the representative Express, said that he was happy with his performance and is hopeful to perform well in the final.
Among the consecutive athletes who tried their luck in the final were Andersen Peter (Germany) 88.63 meters, Julian Weber (Germany) 87.76 meters, Julius Ugo (Kenya) 85.97 meters, Luiz Mariko de Silva (Brazil) 85.9 meters, Jakub Wadolich (Czech) 85.63 meters, Toni Keranent (Finland) 85.27 meters, Andersen Mardare (Moldova) 84.13 meters, Oliverhelen Darrow (Finland) 83.81 meters, Keshorn Walcott (Turnuburgo) 83.02 meters, El Atilatalo (Finland) 82.91 meters.
It should be noted that the last time Pakistan won a bronze medal in hockey was at the Salona Olympics in 1992. Moreover, 27-year-old Arshad Nadeem is the third Pakistani to win an individual Olympic medal.
Earlier, Pakistan’s first individual bronze medal was won by wrestler Mohammad Basheer in wrestling at the Rome Olympics in 1960, while in the Seoul Olympics in 1988, boxer Hussain Shah from the Lyari area of ​​Karachi won the second for Pakistan with the third position in the middleweight category. He won the bronze medal.
It should be noted that 8 of Pakistan’s 10 Olympic medals have been won by the national hockey team, including 3 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze medals.
