{"id":12797,"date":"2024-08-08T21:49:27","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T20:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=12797"},"modified":"2024-08-12T21:57:50","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T20:57:50","slug":"nadeem-wins-paris-2024-mens-javelin-gold-in-historic-first-for-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/magazine\/sports\/nadeem-wins-paris-2024-mens-javelin-gold-in-historic-first-for-pakistan\/2024\/08\/08\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Nadeem wins Paris 2024 men&#8217;s javelin gold in historic first for Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PARIS,France. August 08\/Reuters\/&#8211;Pakistan&#8217;s Arshad Nadeem won the Olympic men&#8217;s javelin title in Paris, his country&#8217;s first individual gold at a Summer Games.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Article-Item Article-Item-text\">\n<div class=\"Article Article-Paragraph\">\n<div class=\"Paragraph\">\n<p>Nadeem threw an Olympic record of 92.97 metres for victory on Thursday, India&#8217;s defending champion Neeraj Chopra taking silver with 89.45. Grenada&#8217;s Anderson Peters claimed bronze with 88.54m.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Article-Item Article-Item-text\">\n<div class=\"Article Article-Paragraph\">\n<div class=\"Paragraph\">\n<p>Before Arshad&#8217;s remarkable victory, Pakistan had never won an individual gold medal at the Olympics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Article-Item Article-Item-image width-normal\">\n<figure class=\"Article Article-Figure variant-normal\">\n<div class=\"image\">\n<figure class=\"Picture\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images-cdn.trtworld.com\/trtworld\/w664\/h374\/q70\/20737589_0-0-4208-2875.jpeg\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyloadBg\" src=\"https:\/\/images-cdn.trtworld.com\/trtworld\/w664\/h374\/q70\/20737589_0-0-4208-2875.jpeg\" \/><\/picture><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"info width-auto\">\n<p class=\"description\">Pakistan&#8217;s Arshad Nadeem won the Olympic men&#8217;s javelin title in Paris, his country&#8217;s first individual gold at a Summer Games.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Article-Item Article-Item-text\">\n<div class=\"Article Article-Paragraph\">\n<div class=\"Paragraph\">\n<p>All of Pakistan&#8217;s previous three gold medals came in field hockey, with their team winning gold in 1960, 1968 and 1984.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to Thursday, only two Pakistan athletes had won individual medals of any colour \u2013 with a wrestling bronze in 1960 and a boxing bronze in 1988.<\/p>\n<p>Since the 1992 Barcelona Games, Pakistan has not won a medal of any kind.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Article-Item Article-Item-image width-normal\">\n<figure class=\"Article Article-Figure variant-normal\">\n<div class=\"image\">\n<figure class=\"Picture\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images-cdn.trtworld.com\/trtworld\/w664\/h374\/q70\/20737594_0-0-3176-2235.jpeg\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyloadBg\" src=\"https:\/\/images-cdn.trtworld.com\/trtworld\/w664\/h374\/q70\/20737594_0-0-3176-2235.jpeg\" \/><\/picture><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"info width-auto\">\n<p class=\"description\">Nadeem threw an Olympic record of 92.97 metres for victory, India&#8217;s defending champion Neeraj Chopra taking silver with 89.45. 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