Islamabad
\nPakistan\u2019s javelin ace Arshad Nadeem, who sprang into the limelight for bringing honour to the country by bagging gold at the Paris 2024 Olympics, continues to become a source of inspiration. Nadeem, who beat India\u2019s Neeraj Chopra in the javelin event last year at the Olympics, has now been hailed for his resilience and perseverance by none other than India\u2019s own Olympic Instagram account. \u201cWhy do we fall? So that we can learn to pick ourselves up,\u201d reads the caption of a post on India\u2019s official Olympic account on Instagram, which shared a motivational video showcasing Nadeem\u2019s journey from the Tokyo Olympics 2020 to last year\u2019s glory. The video shows the Pakistani athlete\u2019s performance in the javelin throw event at the Tokyo Olympics, which took place in 2021, where he managed to qualify for the final but missed out on winning any medal for the country.
\nIndia\u2019s Chopra, back then, came in first with a score of 87.58m to win a gold, in a first for the country in the athletics category.
\nIn the said Instagram post, Nadeem is seen gutted after his Tokyo Olympic heartbreak, but then it switches to the unforgettable scenes from the Paris 2024 Olympics showing the jubilant and evidently emotional Pakistani athlete raising his arms and accepting the gold medal courtesy of his 92.97-metre massive throw \u2014 which also created a new Olympic record.
\nThe post acknowledges and hails Nadeem for not giving up on his dreams and showing exceptional resilience and perseverance to stay true to his objective until he finally managed to achieve it last year.
\nThe video is to be taken against the background that the Pakistani athlete lacked essential support and infrastructure, and didn\u2019t even have a ground to practice back when he was preparing for the Tokyo Olympics.
\nNevertheless, despite having offers from various countries to move abroad and represent them instead, Nadeem chose to wear the Pakistani flag and went on to not only represent Pakistan at the Paris Olympics 2024 but also win gold for the nation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Islamabad Pakistan\u2019s javelin ace Arshad Nadeem, who sprang into the limelight for bringing honour to the country by bagging gold at the Paris 2024 Olympics, continues to become a source of inspiration. Nadeem, who beat India\u2019s Neeraj Chopra in the javelin event last year at the Olympics, has now been hailed for his resilience and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":472369,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-472354","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n