Islamabad: President of Pakistan Dr. Arif Alvi on Monday Congratulated Arshad Nadeem on making history in Javelin throw and winning Gold Medal in the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Congratulations Arshad Nadeem on making history in Javelin throw and winning Gold Medal in the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
— The President of Pakistan (@PresOfPakistan) August 7, 2022
Nation is proud of you. #CommonwealthGames2022 #CWC2022 pic.twitter.com/WXDfS0h1nf
The President took to twitter, applauded Arshad Nadeem marvelous performance by saying “Nation is proud of you.”
Arshad Nadeem made the nation proud as he claimed gold medal in the javelin throw event of the Commonwealth Games with a monstrous throw of 90.18m in Birmingham on Sunday.
During the first round of the javelin throw final, Nadeem created a record through an 86.81 metre throw.
In the second attempt, Arshad broke his own record by achieving an 88m throw, followed by an 85.09m throw in the in fourth attempt to remain on top of the list.
In the fifth attempt, the Olympian set a new CWG record of a 90.18m throw and became the first Pakistani to hold the record.
Thank you Arshad Nadeem to win the Gold Medal for Pakistan 🇵🇰 🥇#ArshadNadeem pic.twitter.com/luH2L7C4Uj
— Ambreen PTI (@AmbreenPTI1) August 7, 2022
Arshad Nadeem beat India’s Neeraj Chopra’s Tokyo Olympic throw of 87.58m (Gold) and World Athletics Championship throw of 88.13m.
This is the second gold for Pakistan in Commonwealth Games 2022. Earlier, weightlifter Nooh Dastagir Butt had won the gold medal for Pakistan in the Commonwealth Games 2022 with a record lift of 405kg.
