Neeraj Chopra’s message to Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem – Nadeem broke his javelin record with CWG gold; The message goes viral
Neeraj Chopra’s message to Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem – Nadeem broke his javelin record with CWG gold; The message goes viral
Arshad Nadeem created history for Pakistan. He grew to become the primary gold medal holder for his country in 60 years in Monitor and Area. It took very long for a Pakistani athlete to win a gold medal in Athletics. Nadeem, regardless of a bother elbow, pulled off a spectacular show. He successfully defeated world champion Anderson Peters. Nadeem managed to throw a javelin over 90m. He threw the javelin at 90.13m within the fifth try. This attempt seal the gold for him. The win brought in many reactions from everywhere in the world. Even Indians appreciated this large effort from the athlete.
India’s Neeraj Chopra has been a rival of Nadeem through the years. But Neeraj failed to participate in the men’s javelin event on the CWG due to thigh harm.
The Tokyo Olympics gold medallist was not present but he sent a congratulatory message for the Pakistani.
On Nadeem’s Instagram, Neeraj left a remark:
“Congratulations Arshad bhai for the gold medal and crossing 90mtr with a new games record. Aage ke competitions ke liye all one of the best.”
There is a controversy involving Neeraj and Arshad. When Neeraj gained the gold in Tokyo, he had mentioned just before his first throw that he had no idea of the whereabouts of the javelin. Later he saw that Nadeem was practicing with it. He took it from him to make his first throw. A controversy erupted among Indians sensing foul play from the Pakistani athlete.
Off the record, Neeraj and Nadeem are good friends. Both of them compete with the highest respect for one another. Neeraj obtained a gold medal at Asian Games 2018. Nadeem won the bronze medal in the same event. Their picture of hugging each other had gone viral.
In the men’s javelin throw at the Commonwealth Games, India did not win any medal. The absence of Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra was felt.
D P Manu and Rohit Yadav finished fifth and sixth with records of 82.28m and 82.22m. respectively.
Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem won the gold medal in a sensational fifth-round throw of 90.18m.
Nadeem is the second Asian and 23rd in the world to throw the javelin past 90m. Chinese Taipei’s Chao-Tsun Cheng is the first Asian to achieve the feat with a javelin throw of 91.36m in 2017.
Arshad Nadeem revealed that he will miss competing against Neeraj Chopra at the Commonwealth Games.
Neeraj won a silver medal at the World Championships with a javelin throw of 88.13m. Arshad stood in the fifth position after becoming the first Pakistani to qualify for the finals.
“Neeraj bhai is my brother. I miss him here. May God give him the best of health and I get to compete with him soon,” Arshad said.
The ‘bromance’ brewed between Indo-Pak rivals when they took part in the South Asian Games in 2016 in Guwahati.
“He is a good person. Initially, you tend to be a bit reserved. When you get to know each other, you tend to open up. We have a very good friendship. I hope he keeps performing for India and I keep performing for my country. We both have made an impact. We are like one family,” said the 25-year-old.
“The way Neeraj Bhai has got a lot of fame in your country, I have got a lot of support from my government and the people. I am really grateful for that,” Arshad said and hopes to compete in India soon.