BIRMINGHAM: Pakistani star athlete Arshad Nadeem set a new record for Pakistan and the Commonwealth Games and won a Gold medal in Men's Javelin throw event in the Commonwealth Games 2022.<br /><br />Arshad competed with world-renowned throwers and finished first after managing to throw at 90.18 meters in his fifth attempt, setting a new national and Commonwealth Games record.<br /><br />In his first attempt in the final, Arshad managed to throw at 86.81, which was his career-best throw and a new national record for Pakistan until his fifth at the event.<br /><br />Previously, Arshad had a career-best throw of 86.38, which he pulled off during the Imam Reza Cup held in Mashhad Iran, in 2021.<br /><br />Only Kenya's Julius Yego could throw close to Arshad's figure in the first attempt as he threw at 85.70 meters, which is his season's best throw.<br /><br />Later in the third attempt, Arshad broke his newly set record again and threw at 88.00 meters.<br /><br />However, in the fourth attempt, Arshad managed 85.09 meters throw, while Grenada's Anderson Peters threw 88.64 meters to overtake the Pakistani athlete and take the number one spot.<br /><br />With great determination, Arshad had other ideas, as he managed to pull off a massive throw of 90.18 meters, making a Commonwealth Games and a national record.<br /><br />Arshad also beat India's Neeraj Chopra's Tokyo Olympic throw of 87.58m (Gold) and World Athletics Championship throw of 88.13m (Silver).<br /><br />Earlier, the 25-year-old directly qualified for the final due to fewer entries in the event.<br /><br />It is pertinent to mention here that Arshad won Pakistan's first Gold medal in Commonwealth Games athletics since 1962.<br /><br />#CommonwealthGame #JavelinThrow #ArshadNadeem
