LAHORE: Star javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem returned to Pakistan on Monday night, after winning a silver medal in the javelin throw event at the World Athletics Championship in Budapest, Hungary.
Arshad Nadeem landed at Allama Iqbal International Airport Lahore with his coach Salman Butt and the President of the Athletics Federation of Pakistan (AFP) Major General (retd) Mohammad Akram Sahi.
He was warmly welcomed by the officials of the Athletics Federation of Pakistan, Sports Board of Punjab and Pakistan Sports Board at the airport.
The Pakistan Sports Board announced a reward of five million rupees for the silver medalist at the World Athletics Championship.
Arshad Nadeem on Sunday made history as he clinched a silver medal, at the World Athletics Championship. This was Pakistan’s first-ever medal in the tournament’s history.
Arshad Nadeem secured the silver with his best throw in his third attempt which went at a distance of 87.82 meters.
Meanwhile, his Indian counterpart Neeraj Chopra bagged India’s first gold medal at the World Athletics Championship with an 88.17m throw in his second attempt.
Arshad started things slowly with a 74.80m throw in his first attempt, however, he made a sounding comeback with an 82.81m throw in his second attempt.
His aforementioned third throw, proved to be his best in the season, going as far as 87.82 meters, while his fourth attempt could only go at 87.12m.
His fifth and sixth attempts failed to breach Neeraj Chopra’s 88.17-meter mark, hence settling for a silver.
It is worth mentioning that Arshad Nadeem was declared fit for the World Athletics Championship earlier this month by the medical board, after being ruled out of the Asian Athletics Championship, due to an injury to his left knee.
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