After 32 Years Pakistan Won its First Olympics Gold Medal. And also Arshad Nadeem sets new records in olympic 92.97 m in Men’s Javelin Throw game. Javelin star Arshad Nadeem ends Pakistan’s 40-year wait for Olympic gold.
The record of 90.57 m, held by Norway’s Andreas Thorkildsen since Bejing 2008, receded into the rear view mirror as Arshad Nadeem put body and soul into his second throw, shocked delight rising from the stands when the distance came up: 92.97 m.
In taking gold, the javelin thrower became his country’s first medallist since 1992, when it won a bronze medal in men’s hockey in Barcelona.