A tough task for Pak athletes to win an Olympic medal
July 18, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Though for the first time Pakistan enters the Olympics arena with four direct qualifiers (three shooters and one javelin thrower), winning a medal at the Tokyo Olympics still looks a formidable ask for a Pakistan athlete.
Never before have three Pakistani shooters directly qualified for the Olympics. For the first time, a track and field athlete also earned a direct place in the Games. Though shooters have created history for Pakistan, their chances of winning a gold or any other medal entirely depend on the form and focus on the given day. Javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem will have to beat a galaxy of stars to be able to finish on the podium.
Cumbersome procedure at Tokyo airport causes fatigue, says Pak player
July 18, 2021
KARACHI: After a rigorous journey, Pakistanâs ten-member contingent, six players and four officials, landed at the Tokyo Airport on Saturday evening.
Till filing of the report the players were at the airport and were passing through various Covid protocols.
The contingent had flown from Islamabad at 3:40 am in the wee hours of July 16. And after a long, tiresome stop-over of 20 hours at the Doha Airport they reached Tokyo sometime around 7 pm on Saturday.
This long journey left the players utterly fatigued. âEveryone is so tired. We are still at the airport, the process takes too long,â a player told âThe Newsâ from Tokyo airport.
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KARACHI: The President, Pakistan Olympic Association (POA), retired Lt Gen Syed Arif Hasan has said that everyone in the country is keen to see Pakistan’s athletes perform well in the Tokyo Olympics, set to start from July 23, and added that he is confident of their fine show in the Games.
“Despite the Covid-19, these athletes have proven their capabilities at the Olympic qualifiers and surely, they will showcase the same sort of excellent performances at the Tokyo Olympics,” Arif said while talking to this correspondent.
“It has been almost three decades that Pakistan won an Olympic medal. The last occasion was in 1992 Games at Barcelona where the Pakistan hockey team, led by Shahbaz Ahmed, had won a bronze medal,” he recalled. “We hope for a good news this year at the Tokyo Olympics and we are keen to see out athletes excel at the mega event.”
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