New Delhi: Pakistan’s hero Arshad Nadeem, who bagged a gold medal in javelin throw at the recently-concluded Paris Olympics 2024, said that Pakistani women athletes should be given adequate modern facilities so that they can perform at an optimum level at the top stages. Ever since Nadeem returned home, he has been showered with cash rewards worth around 280 million along with cars and several other gifts
His very recent prize was awarded by the Governor Punjab on Saturday, who gave Nadeem two million rupees and a car. But Nadeem looked beyond all these gifts lavished upon him and rather talked about the sports facilities in the nation. Nadeem wanted the government to fulfill his request for a modernised track and field stadium and also a university for women in his hometown Mian Channu.
“We badly need facilities for our women and even men to acquire higher education in our area and nowadays young athletes need to be given the best facilities,” said Nadeem on the ARY news channel.
Nadeem on father-in-law’s buffalo gift
Nadeem appeared on the show with his wife Rashida and was asked a number of questions of which one belonged to his unique gift of a buffalo that he received from his father-in-law for winning the Olympic gold.
The 27-year-old was quite jovial in responding to the query and jested, “I was a bit surprised with the announcement and I wondered since my father-in-law is a very rich person and has a lot of land… if only he had given me 4-5 acres of farmland instead of the buffalo,” he said with a smile.
Arshad Nadeem reaction on receiving buffalo as a gift from father-in-law.😂 pic.twitter.com/wJGBHeXtVu
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Conversing with Rashida revealed that she knew about Nadeem’s injury problems before the Olympics and that she kept it from the family members. “When he went for the Games, I couldn’t sleep for three days and I just kept on praying that he would remain fit and return with a gold medal,” Rashida said.
Salman Butt, Nadeem’s longtime coach said that the javelin ace will return to training within a month as he gears up for the next task and living up to people’s expectations. “Arshad knows that he has to work harder to maintain his position as there is great competition in the javelin throw in the international field,” Butt said.
(With PTI inputs)
Arshad Nadeem vouched for the women athletes of Pakistan, saying that they should be given modern facilities to perform at an optimum level in national and international events. Other Sports Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Cricket Live Score, Sports Breaking News from Sports Today
