Premier javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem, eyes at 90-plus throw in Tokyo Olympics
2019 South Asian Games gold medalist, Arshad Nadeem will meet Indian star thrower Neeraj Chopra and Shivpal Singh besides the best throwers from around the world.
A shining role model for many within the local circuit among the athletics, Arshad Nadeem, eyes at 90 meter plus throw at Tokoyo Olympics.
2019 South Asian Games gold medalist, Arshad Nadeem will meet Indian star thrower Neeraj Chopra and Shivpal Singh besides the best throwers from around the world.
The qualifying standard for Tokyo Games is 85m while Neeraj qualified for the Tokyo Olympics with a throw of 87.86m and Shivpal, one of the good friend of Arshad, blasted his way into the Tokyo Olympics through an 85.47m throw.
The athlete from Mian Chunu, Khanewal, Arshad, stole the limelight when he wrote history for Pakistan by blasting his way into the Olympics with an 86.29m throw at the 13thSouth Asian Games in Nepal last year.
“In Tokyo, I will try to achieve my target of 90 metres plus and I hope that will give me a medal,” Arshad told ‘The News’.
23-year-old Arshad also won a bronze in the Asian Junior Championships in Vietnam. He never looked back as he claimed bronze in the 2017 Baku Islamic Games, bronze in the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia.
