Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem achieved a historic gold medal within the javelin throw at Paris 2024, defeating Tokyo 2020 gold medalist Neeraj Chopra of India.
Information of Nadeem’s victory, which arrived in Pakistan late on Friday night time, was met with cheers amongst his countrymen, congratulatory messages from nationwide leaders and large celebrations in his normally quiet village of Meanchanu.
“At first, he made his personal spears from tree branches and hooked up iron factors to them. The fields in our village had been used as coaching grounds,” his brother advised the media.
Issues improved when Nadim joined the native energy firm, which had its personal sports activities amenities.
In accordance with his mom, the Pakistani authorities agreed to his request and intervened to enhance the state of affairs, giving him three worldwide customary spears from South Africa.
“This medal is my reward to all the nation on the event of Independence Day (August 14),” Nadim wrote on the X platform.
Maryam Nawaz, the chief minister of Nadeem’s residence province of Punjab, introduced a money reward of 100 million rupees ($359,195) for what she known as “laborious work.”
