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Tokyo Olympics: Pakistan s Arshad Nadeem makes history as he sails into javelin final
Faizan Lakhani
Wednesday Aug 04, 2021
Arahad is first ever Pakistani athlete to qualify for the final of any track and field event in Olympics / Photo by Reuters
Karachi: It was a morning Pakistan Athletics will remember for long as Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem created history on Wednesday when he qualified for the final of Javelin Throw competition in Tokyo Olympics.
Arahad is first ever Pakistani athlete to qualify for the final of any track and field event in Olympics.
Arahad was placed in group B for the contest in which athlete had to throw a minimum of 83.5m to directly qualify for the final. Only six athletes could do so, and Arshad was one of them. Rest 6 athletes advanced to the finals on basis of their respective farthest throw.