New Delhi: Pakistan javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem continues to get awards and rewards after his record-breaking throw at the Paris Olympics 2024, which gave Pakistan their first individual gold at the sporting extravaganza. Arshad, who brought laurels to the country, has received a whopping amount from the government of Pakistan for his huge achievement.
The star javelin thrower received a total of staggering 250 million rupees ($897,000) as Pakistan continued to celebrate his record-breaking throw at the Paris Games. Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, announced 150 million rupees ($538,000) for Nadeem at a special ceremony to honor the star athlete in Islamabad.
This announcement came hours after Punjab’s chief minister Mariam Nawaz visited Nadeem’s house in a village in the Mian Channu district and presented him with a check for 100 million rupees ($359,000).
Arshad gets special car
Nawaz also handed him the keys to a new car which has a special registration number of “PAK 92.97” to commemorate Nadeem’s throw of 92.97 meters at Paris, which was an Olympic record. Nadeem’s coach Salman Iqbal Butt was also given 5 million rupees ($18,000).
Nadeem, who has entered the history books, gave Pakistan it’s first Olympic gold in 40 years. The last gold medal clinched by the nation at the Olympic Games was inn 1984 in Los Angeles, when the men’s field hockey team won the medal. Pakistan’s last medal of any color was a field hockey bronze at the 1992 Barcelona Games.
“The heights that parents’ prayers take a person to,” Nawaz said in her post on X, formerly known as Twitter, while sharing a picture with Nadeem and his mother Razia Parveen.
Later Tuesday, Nadeem and his family were flown to Islamabad on a special flight from Multan to attend a reception hosted by Sharif, who paid tribute to the athlete during a cabinet meeting.
“Nadeem has elevated the name of Pakistan worldwide because of his day and night hard work, parents’ prayers, and coach’s training,” Sharif said.
(With PTI inputs)
Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem created history as his pipped India’s Neeraj Chopra to bag the javelin gold at the Paris Olympics 2024. Other Sports Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Cricket Live Score, Sports Breaking News from Sports Today
