Arshad Nadeem wins gold at Paris Olympics javelin throw final

Pakistan javelin ace Arshad Nadeem ended the country's gold medal pursuit at the Paris Olympics 2024 with a historic victory alongside breaking the previous Olympic record with a mammoth 92.97-metre throw.

Arshad lauched a throw of 92.97-meter in his second attempt which was enough for him to secure gold medal.

This throw also set the Olympic record which was previously with Norway's Andreas Thorkildsen who registered at the 2008 Beijing Games.

This is the first-ever individual gold medal in Olympics for Pakistan, maiden n athletics and first gold in any discipline in the last 40 years.

Pakistan won an Olympic medal after the gap of 32 years. The last time Pakistan won an medal was in 1992 when the national hockey team clinched bronze by defeating the Netherlands 4-3 at the Barcelona Olympics.

Meanwhile, India's Neeraj Chopra, who was defending his gold, made a throw of 89.45 and bagged the silver medal. Grenada's Anderson Peters fetched the bronze medal with a throw of 88.54m.

Remember, six of the seven athletes the country sent were disqualified from their respective events.

Athletes' best throw at javelin throw final

1- Arshad Nadeem (Pakistan) — 92.97m

2- Neeraj Chopra (India) — 89.45m

3- Anderson Peters (Grenada) - 88.54

4- Jakub Vadlech (Czech Republic) - 88.50

5- Julius Yego (Kenya) - 87.72

6- Julian Weber (Germany) - 87.40

7- Keshorn Walcott (Trinidad and Tobago) - 86.16

8- Lassi Etelatalo (Finland) - 84.58

9- Oliver Etelatalo (Finland) - 82.68

10- Toni Keranen (Finland) - 80.92

11- Luiz Mauricio (Brazil) - 80.67

12- Andrian Mardare (Moldova) - 80.10

Remember, six of the seven athletes Pakistan sent were disqualified from their respective events.