Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra was recently shocked after he got to know that Pakistan’s ace javelin Arshad Nadeem was unable to get a new javelin, given his standing in the world of athletics.
Neeraj Chopra comments on Arshad Nadeem
Pakistan’s ace javelin thrower, Nadeem had won gold in the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham with a huge 90.18m throw. He bagged the bronze medal at the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games, where Chopra finished first.
Chopra and Nadeem are tough opponents on the field but they are also known for their rapport off the field.
“It’s difficult to imagine he’s been struggling to get a new javelin. Given his credentials, this should not be a major concern at all,” Chopra told SAI Media on Monday.
Nadeem recently stated that he had been struggling to obtain an international-standard javelin for some years and expressed his anger about it.
“It has now got to a stage where the javelin is damaged and I have asked the national federation and my coach to do something about it before the Paris Olympics,” Nadeem had said recently.
“When I started off in 2015, competing in international events I got this javelin â€æ for an international athlete aiming to win a medal in the Olympic Games, you need proper equipment and training facilities,” Nadeem added.
Nadeem had undergone an elbow operation in the UK in December 2022. It was only last year that he again underwent knee surgery and skipped the Hangzhou Asian Games, where Chopra won the gold.
