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Olympics: Arshad Nadeem qualifies for final

PARIS (Stade de France): Pakistani javelin-thrower Arshad Nadeem with a 86.59m throw qualified for the Olympics final here on Tuesday (6th August, 2024).

In the final he will be facing Olympic and World Champion Neeraj Chopra from India (89.34m throw) ; Grenada’s Anderson Peters (88.63m throw); and European Champion Julian Weber (87.76m throw).

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Javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem qualified for the Paris Olympics with 86.79m in his third attempt in the qualifying rounds of World Athletics Championships 2023 on 25th of August, 2023.

The feat also took him to the final of the javelin throw competition at the World Championships.

Arshad Nadeem is the Commonwealth Games gold medalist, finished at the top in Group B. Overall he ended second after India’s Neeraj Chopra, who launched his campaign with 88.77m throw in Group A.

The qualifying mark for the 2024 Paris Olympics was 85.50m. The qualifying window commenced on 1st July.

Arshad’s first attempt was not impressive as he began with a throw measuring 70.63m. However, he was quite impressive with a 81.53m throw in his second effort.

Nadeem shot to stardom when he finished fifth in the Tokyo Olympics. He also ended fifth in the World Championship.

But soon afterwards, he made the history when in the Commonwealth Games he claimed the gold medal with a huge throw of 90.18m at the Alexander Stadium, Birmingham (United Kingdom).That feat also saw him becoming the first South Asian to cross the 90m mark.

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