Paris Olympics Gold medalist Arshad Nadeem: How villagers in Pakistan collected money to send javelin player to Olympics

Credit: DNA- Published on August 9, 2024
His father, Muhammad Ashraf, said that people of the village combined their money to support him for training and to travel to the competitions, which also shows the community's support to him

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Published on August 11, 2024 -  01:23
Pakistan welcomes back Olympic javelin record-breaker Arshad Nadeem
Fans welcome Pakistan javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem as he lands in Lahore after spearing a gold medal in the Paris games and setting a new Olympic record. Despite practising with rickety equipment and with little access to the gyms and training grounds his international competitors have, Nadeem gave Pakistan its first Olympic gold medal in 40 years. "What Arshad Nadeem has done was an unachievable thing," says one fan. "We never thought that we would see this in our life."

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