Pakistan Sports Board says Olympic star received Rs22 million in cash rewards in last three years
\n KARACHI
\nA day after Arshad Nadeem\u2019s historic feat in the Paris Olympics of winning Pakistan\u2019s first ever individual gold medal, the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) has claimed that the government has stood firmly behind the athlete throughout his career and provided him with \u201cunwavering financial and technical support\u201d.
\nArshad got the gold medal at the Paris Olympics with a massive throw of 92.97m, which was also a new Olympic and Asia record.
\nThe government remained under criticism, and rightly so, for not providing enough support to the Athlete, who won his 9th international medal for Pakistan since 2016.
\n\u201cThe government has stood firmly behind Arshad Nadeem throughout his career, providing unwavering financial and technical support,\u201d reads the message sent on IPC and PSB WhatsApp groups for the media.
\n\u201cWith the Pakistan Sports Board and Athletics Federation at the helm, his training \u2014 whether at home or abroad \u2014 has been meticulously arranged. In just the past three years, Mr Arshad has been honoured with Rs22 million in cash awards. Moreover, in the 2023-24 financial year, Rs69 million was dedicated to the Athletics Federation to uplift athletes across the nation,\u201d the statement added.
\nAccording to a breakup provided to Geo News by PSB, a large sum of 2.2m was the prize money Arshad deserved for winning various medals for Pakistan.
\nHe was also provided Rs10 million under the head of \u201cmedical treatment\u201d in April earlier this year.
\nOther rewards include Rs5 million each for the gold medal in the 2022 Commonwealth Games and a silver medal in the 2023 World Athletics Championship while one million each for winning medals in four different events. When asked, the PSB official said that the board is still finalising and summarising the details spent on Arshad\u2019s training in South Africa.
\nIt is worth mentioning that Arshad\u2019s main competitor Neeraj Chopra had a budget of around 5.71 crores INR which is around 19 crores in Pakistani currency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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