Who would have known that an athlete would bring us a gold medal after 60 long years? The last time we had a gold medal was in 1962 when Olympian Ghulam Raziq won a gold medal in menās 120-yard hurdles in Perth, Australia. Most of us did not know that Javelin exists in Pakistan. Arshad Nadeem made us proud by bagging a gold medal after 60 years in the Commonwealth games. An emotional moment for the Pakistani moment where our athletes have rarely made an appearance.
What a superb performance from Arshad Nadeem!
He earns Pakistan their first track and field Gold after 60 years š„š„, setting precedence with a new Games record.
Congratulations @NOCPakistan šš¾#CommonwealthGames2022 | #B2022 pic.twitter.com/6H5YlKxeLg
— Commonwealth Sport (@thecgf) August 7, 2022
25 years old, hailing from Mian Channu, he caught the mediaās attention last year 2021. Without any support from the sports federation and government, he excelled despite being injured and breaking his own records. The only South Asian Athlete sharing the honor with the arch-rival Neeraj Chopra left the world shocked at the Commonwealth games. He bagged the gold medal.
We've seen some incredible records broken out on the track over the past week. š„
We're going to miss this. ā¤ļø#CommonwealthGames | #B2022
— Commonwealth Sport (@thecgf) August 7, 2022
He became the first Pakistani athlete after 60 years to win a gold medal at Commonwealth Games to bag the gold medal after 60 years. His first round was a throw of 86.81 meters, the second round went invalid. The third round was 88 meters. The fourth round was 85.09 meters. He surprised the world in his last round by making a world record at 90.18 meters. He is the first South Asian to achieve this feat.
Commonwealth Games- Pakistanās Winners
āI used to earn 400-500 per day on contract labour .. but I made sure that Nadeem would get milk and ghee to become a well built youth,' says the father of CWG gold medalist Arshad Nadeem
āļø@Nitinsharma631https://t.co/vroZSveR4U
— Express Sports (@IExpressSports) August 8, 2022
He broke the record of Neeraj Chopra, who won the gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics with a throw of 87.58 m. Anderson Peters from Grenada bagged silver at 88.64 m, wherever Julius Yego of Kenya won bronze with a throw of 85.70 m.
Netizens, International Sports personalities, and media congratulated Arshad Nadeem on Twitter.
Shabash Arshad Nadeem shabash! š
We are proud of your Commonwealth Games record throw of 90.18 metres to win a gold medal for your country šµš°š #B2022 pic.twitter.com/oAI2AfIaCY
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) August 7, 2022
Congratulations Arshad Nadeem Bhai. Aapne Saari Qaum ka Dil Jeet lia. Buht buht Mubarak ho š„
Salute to you my brother #ArshadNadeem for bringing another gold for Pakistan in
You made the nation proud š„š#PakistanZindabad #CommonwealthGames2022 pic.twitter.com/s7melAmFie
— Nooh Dastagir Butt š„ (@NoohDastgirBut) August 7, 2022
Congratulations #ArshadNadeem, for creating history in #JavelinThrow by 90.18 meters, šš¼šš¼šš¼ in #CommonwealthGames2022 and winning a gold medal š for the countryšµš°
The first man from South Asia to cross 90m+ barrier, Nation is proud of youšš» pic.twitter.com/mR7lRiZ2eO
— Government of Pakistan (@GovtofPakistan) August 8, 2022
Congrats #ArshadNadeem ššš
Bravo š„š„š„@Birminghamcwg22 pic.twitter.com/nW1Gj4GkZw— Aisam ul Haq Qureshi (@aisamhqureshi) August 8, 2022
Gold Medal š„š„³ Arshad Nadeem Won Gold Medal At Commonwealth games 2022 ššššš Big Congrats to my brother ā¤ļø @arshadn0fficial šŖš¼ Bally Shairaaa ! You make us proud š„š„³#PakistanZindabad #ArshadNadeem #CommonwealthGames2022 pic.twitter.com/ei1hZgSqwB
— Talha Talib (@_talha_talib) August 7, 2022
Our pride, our hero – Arshad Nadeem
š„ #ArshadNadeem #CommonwealthGames2022 pic.twitter.com/2ZVchw94Kt— PTV Sports (@PTVSp0rts) August 8, 2022
Congratulations #ArshadNadeem on winning Pakistan's second š at the #CWG2022 with an astonishing throw of 90.18 metres! šŖ
You have made Pakistan proud šš¼šš» šµš° #B2022 pic.twitter.com/8PTdWiJAX4
— Younus Khan (@YounusK75) August 7, 2022
šµš° First South Asian to cross the 90 m threshold
šµš° First Pakistani gold medalist in track & field after 60 x years
šµš° Our National Hero #ArshadNadeem pic.twitter.com/E8cOz54SZi— PTV Sports (@PTVSp0rts) August 8, 2022
Gold Medal š„š„³ Arshad Nadeem Won Gold Medal At Commonwealth games 2022 š ā¤ļø@arshadn0fficial #PakistanZindabad #ArshadNadeem #CommonwealthGames2022 pic.twitter.com/vhUsIuNPdf
— Inam Butt (@InamTheWrestler) August 7, 2022
Lion Roars in Birmingham. Record breaking Performance. Big Congrats and Thank you #ArshadNadeem Massive moment in the History. Nation is PROUD of you Arshad Nadeem #Goldš„ #Birmingham2022 #PakistanZindabadšµš° pic.twitter.com/btS8EnkJwf
— Waqar Younis (@waqyounis99) August 8, 2022
Congratulations #ArshadNadeem.
You have made the whole Nation proud! pic.twitter.com/OkW210O6yK— Punjab Police Official (@OfficialDPRPP) August 7, 2022
Pakistanās Arshad Nadeem threw 90.18. Gold at CWG and this will be the competition to watch out in future: Neeraj Chopra vs Arshad Nadeem #JavelinThrow #CWG #ArshadNadeem
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73) August 7, 2022
Congratulations to the brave athlete Arshad Nadeem for winning the gold medal, who made Pakistan proud all over the world, may ALLAH raise Pakistan's Flag with Success in World. šµš°š #ArshadNadeem pic.twitter.com/T22Xs37JPl
— Saeed Anwar (@ImSaeedAnwar) August 8, 2022
Ek hi dil hai kitni baar jeeto gai Arshad. Pakistan ki shaan. May u win many more medals for Pakistan and may u get all the respect and facilities u deserve. InshAllah Olympics ka medal bhi aye ga. #ArshadNadeem #CommonwealthGames2022 pic.twitter.com/Z750eczDca
— Shadab Khan (@76Shadabkhan) August 7, 2022
Congratulations #ArshadNadeem & all Pakistan winning Gold in javelin throw by 90.18M šš¼šš¼šš¼ in #CommonwealthGames2022 Proud of u. Pakistan šµš° Zindabad pic.twitter.com/3QOE3bLH4g
— Mohammad Hafeez (@MHafeez22) August 7, 2022
Jism toota howa tha per himmat Himalaya se bhi buland thi.
Salute to you my brother #ArshadNadeem for bringing another gold for Pakistan in #CommonwealthGames2022.
You made the nation proud. ššš#PakistanZindabad pic.twitter.com/sJ0jQGOqnY
— Babar Azam (@babarazam258) August 7, 2022