Arshad Nadeem makes history

Neeraj Chopra wins gold,Czech Republic’s Jakub Vadlejch bags bronze

BUDAPEST – Pakistan ace athlete Arshad Nadeem won the silver medal in the javelin throw final at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest on Sunday night.

Arshad Nadeem clinched silver with a throw of 87.82 metres. India’s Neeraj Chopra with a throw of 88.17 metres won the gold medal. The Czech Republic’s Jakub Vadlejch took the bronze with a throw of 86.67 metres.

Arshad Nadeem started the javelin throw final event with a throw of 74.80 metres. He threw the javelin to 82.81 metres in his second attempt. Nadeem managed a throw of 87.82 metres in his third attempt which was good enough to grab the silver medal.

Arshad Nadeem threw the javelin to 87.15 metres in his fourth attempt. He committed a foul in his fifth attempt while he managed a throw of 81.86 metres in his sixth and last attempt.

Nadeem was competing in his first event of the year and as soon as the javelin landed on his third attempt, he broke into a wide grin as he moved up to second.

India and Pakistan may have a heated rivalry in cricket but on a warm night in Budapest, all eyes were on two athletes competing for javelin gold.

But that was as close as Nadeem, the 2022 Commonwealth Games champion, got to Chopra as he ran out of steam.

Last year at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem won the javelin throw gold and underlined his status as a world class athlete. With his effort of 90.18 metres, Nadeem crossed a barrier that only a handful of throwers have.

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