With a record-breaking throw of 90.18 m at the Commonwealth Games, Arshad Nadeem secured Pakistan its first javelin gold. With this accomplishment, Arshad beat Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra’s throws at the World Athletics Championships (88.13m), which helped the Indian athlete win silver, and the Tokyo Olympic throw of 87.58m, which helped him win gold. Neeraj was forced to withdraw from the Commonwealth Games due to an injury he sustained at the just-completed World Athletics Championships. Anderson Peters, a two-time world champion, was in the field that Arshad defeated.
Immediately after winning the gold medal in the Commonwealth Games javelin throw final, Neeraj congratulated Arshad for his efforts.
Neeraj Chopra took it to Twitter to congratulate Arshad on his win. Neeraj Chopra wrote: “Congratulations Arshad bhai for gold and crossing 90mtr with new games record. Aage ke competitions ke liye all the best.”
With throws of 82.91 metres and 86.16 metres, respectively, Arshad had finished fifth at the Olympics and the Athletics World Championships.
His throw of 90.18 metres came in third place this year behind Grenada’s Anderson Peters and Jakub Vadlejch, who both had throws of 93.07 metres and 90.88 metres, respectively.
