August 5, 2026
Pakistan's Olympic javelin champion has been named in the entry list for the Lausanne Diamond League on August 21, in a field that includes Neeraj Chopra, two-time world champion Anderson Peters and the newly crowned Commonwealth champion Rumesh Pathirage.
Karachi: Pakistan’s athlete Arshad Nadeem’s participation in Islamic Solidarity matches is not confirmed after the Tokyo World Championships, where the Paris Olympic Champion competed shortly after a injury. Javelin Thrower, 28, watched the competition after a brief training and rehabilitation period after a July 4 injury during his teachers. While hoping for the season not ending for Arshad yet, the Islamic Games will begin on November 7th. Arshad will defend his title if he goes to Riyadh as he put the gold medal in the 2023 edition in Konya, Turkey, with an 88.55m shot, setting a record of the games.
Karachi: Pakistan’s Arshad Nadem will be in action for the first time since the Asian Championship, as he will compete for his spot in the final of the Javelin Throw in Tokyo. Arshad comes to the contest at the back of an injury that had led to his calf surgery in England. The injury prevented him from joining the Diamond League that met in Switzerland and Poland, but reiterated the training until August to prepare for the World Sports Championship. His only event after the victory of the historic gold metal at the Paris Olympics was the Asian Athletic Championship
Indian javelin star Neeraj Chopra said on Saturday that losing the Olympic gold hurt, but the injured athlete sees bigger returns in the upcoming games. The 26-year-old won silver in Paris after Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem won gold with an Olympic record 92.97m in the javelin final. Chopra, who made history at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with India’s first ever Olympic track and field gold, threw further in Paris with 89.45m — not far off his personal best of 89.94m . “There is no comparison to a gold medal,” Chopra told reporters by phone from Switzerland, where he is training for
Listen to the article After the conclusion of the 2024 Paris Olympics, social media has been abuzz with rumors of a possible romance between Indian Olympians Manu Bhaker and Neeraj Chopra. The speculation came to light after a video surfaced showing the two athletes interacting heatedly at a post-Olympic event in India. In the video, Neeraj was also seen chatting with Manu Bhaker’s mother, fueling further speculations. The viral video led to a wave of online chatter, with many joking that Manu Bhaker’s mother was evaluating Neeraj Chopra as a potential match for her daughter. Despite the online buzz, neither
Listen to the article Pakistan’s top javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem is set to compete in the final round of the men’s javelin event at the Paris 2024 Olympics. The event is scheduled to begin at 11:25 p.m. Pakistan Standard Time (PST) on Thursday. Arshad Nadeem qualified for the Olympic javelin final with an impressive first effort of 86.59 meters at the Stade de France on Tuesday afternoon. Arshad joined India’s Neeraj Chopra, who recorded a qualifying best throw of 89.34m, to become the second thrower from Group B to automatically qualify for the final. Grenada’s Peter Anderson, who threw 88.63
Listen to the article PARIS: “89.34 or 89.32?” Defending champion Neeraj Chopra humbly asked, seeking confirmation of his throw during a media interaction in the mixed zone after the completion of the Paris Olympics javelin qualifiers at the Stade de France on Tuesday. When asked what was going through his mind at the time of his first throw, which turned out to be the best of the qualifying round, he was quick to clarify: “Before the throw or after?” “Before the toss, I was thinking that if I can hit the target in the first toss, it would be ideal,”
KARACHI: “It will be my first Diamond League, I’ve never competed in it before,” Pakistan’s main medal hope for Paris Olympics javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem humbly admitted. Arshad will become the first Pakistani athlete to compete in the Diamond League, which is no mean feat, on Sunday at the Meeting de Paris. It is surprising, however, that Pakistan’s most brilliant athlete who put the country on the world map in athletics has never competed in even one of the annual Diamond League series. The Diamond League Legs are the elite sports invitations that take place every season in different countries,
NEW DELHI: Neeraj Chopra returned to India as a national hero after winning the 2021 Olympic javelin gold, but the farmer’s son has never forgotten his humble roots. The 26-year-old will defend his title in Paris, having made history in Tokyo three years ago with India’s first Olympic Track and Field gold. In a nation that usually hails only cricketers as heroes, boys and girls in rural India were seen hurling wooden sticks as javelins in the aftermath. Chopra then added the world title to his Olympic haul and is also a two-time Asian Games champion and Commonwealth Games gold
NEW DELHI: India’s Neeraj Chopra is keen to join the javelin’s elite 90m club but will settle for a shorter throw in Paris if he proves sufficient to retain his Olympic title, his coach told Reuters. Sprinter Chopra shot to instant stardom three years ago when he threw 87.58 meters in Tokyo to win independent India’s first Olympic gold medal in athletics. The 26-year-old became world champion and in 2022 set a personal best (PB) distance of 89.94m at the Stockholm Diamond League. Chopra is asked about the 90 meters in nearly every media interaction, but defending his Olympic title
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