Mayor Karachi Barrister MurtazaWahab on Friday congratulated Pakistani athlete ArshadNadeem for winning the gold medal in the javelin throw competition at the Paris Olympics 2024 and announced that upon Arshads return to the country, a reception would be held in his honor by the citizens of Karachi. He said that ArshadNadeem has made the nation proud by winning the Olympic gold
medal. “The entire Pakistani nation is delighted by his outstanding achievement. ArshadNadeem not only secured this honor with the longest throw in Olympic history, but also set another record with his final throw, reaching 91.79 meters, making it the second-best throw in the competition.
Thus, ArshadNadeem made history at the Paris Olympics by winning a gold medal for Pakistan after 40 years”. Barrister MurtazaWahab further stated that ArshadNadeem had become the first Pakistani athlete to win a gold medal in individual events at the Paris Olympics, and so far, this was the only medal for Pakistan in these Olympics. It is also a matter of pride for us that Pakistan competed against India in the final of the Olympic javelin throw competition, where Indias famous athlete Neeraj Chopra, who won the gold medal in the last Olympics, could not compete with PakistansArshadNadeem this time. He said that having Pakistans name in the list of countries winning gold medals at the Paris Olympics was a good omen.
This is overall Pakistans 11th medal in the history of the Olympic Games. Last time, Pakistan stood on the Olympic medal podium was in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics when the national hockey team defeated the Netherlands 4-3 to win the bronze medal, he added. He expressed hope that Pakistani players and athletes will continue to achieve such remarkable successes in the future, raising Pakistans flag on the international stage.
