Arshad Nadeem struggled to gather funds to support his training and participation in events as he hailed from a humble background but he overcame the difficulties to create history.
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Arshad Nadeem on Thursday created history by breaking the Olympics record for the longest javelin throw in men’s event history to clinch the gold medal in Paris. With a gigantic throw of 92.97m, he now holds the record for the sixth longest throw in the history of men’s javelin throw.
Nadeem hails from Mian Channu (Punjab), and is third among seven siblings. He comes from a humble background, the son of a retired construction worker who played cricket growing up before switching to javelin.
His family reportedly ate meat once a year – during Eid-Al-Adha with his brother claiming for them, eating anything more than “lentils or vegetables”, would be counted among lucky days.
The 27-year-old struggled to gather funds and as per his father Muhammad Ashraf, Nadeem relied on the money donated by fellow villagers and relatives to train and travel to other cities for events.
“People have no idea how Arshad got to this place today. How his fellow villagers and relatives used to donate money so that he could travel to other cities for his training and events in his early days,” his father Muhammad Ashraf told PTI.