The Paris Olympic Games 2024 are nearing their conclusion, with India sitting on a total of 5 medals - 4 bronze and 1 silver. Javelin throw hero Neeraj Chopra was the country's biggest gold medal hope after wrestler Vinesh Phogat was disqualified ahead of her 50kg women's freestyle final. But, Neeraj also couldn't get India the elusive yellow metal, with Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem beating him to the No. 1 spot on the podium. As a result of the results from the men's javelin throw final, Pakistan went higher than India in the overall medals tally. (Paris Olympic Games: Updated Medals Tally)
In the men's javelin throw final, Arshad clinched his country's first gold medal in four decades while also setting a new Olympic record with his stunning throw. Pakistan had never won an individual Olympic gold medal until the Paris Games where Arshad defeated India's javelin throw hero Neeraj Chopr. The South Asian nation has a total of three gold medals to its name in Olympic history, and all three of them came in field hockey - in 1960, 1968, and 1984.
In Pakistan's history, only two athletes have won individual Olympic medals of any color. They both were bronze - in wrestling in 1960 and boxing in 1988. Pakistan last won an Olympic medal at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona when the field hockey clinched bronze.