Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem became the new talk of the town as he edged past India's 'Golden Boy' Neeraj Chopra in Men's Javelin Throw final, to clinch the gold medal at Paris Olympics 2024. Nadeem set a new Olympics record with his fabulous throw of 92.97m in his second attempt. In return, Chopra ended up delivering two foul throws but also managed to pull off the silver medal with a distance of 89.45m in his second attempt. With this win, Nadeem also became Pakistan's first individual Olympics gold medalist.
"This Son Of A Lion...": Pakistan Cricket Fraternity Extends Wishes As Arshad Nadeem Clinches Historic Gold At Olympics
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Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem became the new talk of the town as he edged past India's 'Golden Boy' Neeraj Chopra in Men's Javelin Throw final, to clinch the gold medal at Paris Olympics 2024
Arshad Nadeem in action© AFP
Nadeem has been doing well for a long time. He won a silver medal at the World Championship last year and also a gold in the Commonwealth Games 2022 with a 90.18m throw.
On Tuesday he qualified for the finals with a throw of 86.59m, bested by Chopra who produced a massive throw of 89.34 to qualify first.
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Neeraj Chopra
Arshad Nadeem
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Olympics 2024
Olympics Medals Tally
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