Arshad Nadeem is a Pakistani javelin thrower. He recently won the Olympic champion in Men’s javelin throw with a record throw of 92.97 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
He is the most decorated athlete in the country who win first even Olympic gold medal in any track event and all Pakistanis are proud of it. It couldn’t be possible without lot of hard work and resilience. He did all that without any support from any management and become a proud for all of us.
Arshad Nadeem shared about his journey on media after winning gold. He said that he wanted to be a cricketer and he played as a fast bowler but he couldn’t be able to continue due to lack of support and resources and then he switched on trying to play football, kabaddi and other games.
After all the struggles in different games, he discovered javelin throw and after so much struggle he become world no 1 in Olympic. He becomes an inspiration for youth as he made his own path for himself without any support.
Here’s the video in which he told about his journey from cricket to javelin:
