If you might be following Neeraj Chopra’s javelin throw profession, you additionally learn about Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem. If Neeraj and Nadeem are participating in a world males’s javelin occasion, most of the time, each find yourself on the podium, with Neeraj up to now all the time forward of his Pakistani rival. Despite being fierce rivals, Neeraj and Nadeem additionally stay better of associates off the sphere. Amid the political tensions between the 2 international locations, this friendship acts like a welcome change.
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Not to overlook, whereas Neeraj is but to cross the 90m mark in males’s javelin, Nadeem has already achieved that when he hit a 90.18m throw on the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham to win the gold. Neeraj was absent on this occasion resulting from a thigh harm. Unlike Neeraj, who’s ably supported by numerous non-public gamers in addition to sports activities ministry, Nadeem has little to no assist in his nation.Â
The state of sports activities federations in Pakistan could be very poor. Pakistan goes by means of an financial disaster at present and with corruption so rampant in these sports activities our bodies, the athletes endure lots. Olympic athletes like Nadeem rise by means of all of those challenges.
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Nadeem is Pakistan’s finest hopes for a medal in Paris Olympics 2024. Pakistan don’t have any medals to point out within the final three a long time. The final particular person gold medal for Pakistan got here in boxing when Hussain Shah received the bronze in 1988 Seoul Games. They have received 10 Olympic medals up to now within the historical past of the Games and eight of them got here in hockey alone. Since 1992, Pakistan have by no means received an Olympics medal.
Nadeem’s fear immediately is that his previous javelin can not win him competitions anymore. With Olympics approaching quick, his 2015 javelin has given up and he wants a brand new one to play the game on the worldwide stage. However, the athlete is struggling to purchase one. These price of those javelins can burn your pocket if you don’t come from an prosperous household. As per a Navbharat Times report, Neeraj’s javelin prices round Rs 1.10 lakh. The price might be extra in Pakistan and in worldwide market.Â
IMPORTANT: Arshad Nadeem wants a brand new javelin because the one he at present has is off form. He is our greatest likelihood of profitable a medal at Olympics this yr after a protracted hole of 32 years. Twitter do your factor, let’s give our hero Arshad all the assistance he wants ___
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Nadeem has approached the nationwide federation for assist to purchase the brand new javelin, as reported by PTI. Nadeem was quoted as saying, “It has now got to a stage where the javelin is damaged and I have asked the national federation and my coach to do something about it before the Paris Olympics. When I started off in 2015, competing in international events I got this javelin.”
“For an international athlete aiming to win a medal in the Olympic Games, you need proper equipment and training facilities,” the athlete who not too long ago underwent surgical procedure for an elbow downside, added.
