This is the first individual gold medal for Pakistan at the Olympics, the first and the first gold medal in any discipline in the last 40 years of athletics.
PARIS: Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem won the gold medal in the javelin throw event final at the ongoing Paris Olympics 2024 on Thursday.
Arshad threw 92.97 meters in his second attempt, which was enough for him to win the gold medal.
The throw also set an Olympic record previously held by Norway’s Andreas Thorkeldsen, who registered at the 2008 Beijing Games.
This is the first individual gold medal for Pakistan at the Olympics, the first and the first gold medal in any discipline in the last 40 years of athletics.
Pakistan won an Olympic medal after a gap of 32 years. Pakistan last won a medal in 1992 when the national hockey team defeated Holland 4-3 to win the bronze medal at the Barcelona Olympics.
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Meanwhile, India’s Neeraj Chopra, who was defending his gold, threw 89.45 and bagged the silver medal. Andersen Peters of Grenada took the bronze medal with a throw of 88.54m.
It may be recalled that out of the seven athletes sent by the country, six were disqualified from their respective events.
