Athletics: Arshad Nadeem wins men’s javelin throw with Olympic record mark
Down to the top four in the men’s javelin throw final. Czechia’s Jakub Vadlejch needs to find 4cm to move into the medals, but his last attempt won’t be enough.
Anderson Peters, Neeraj Chopra, and Arshad Nadeem sit in the bronze, silver, and gold medal positions. Will that order change?
If anyone is to take down Arshad Nadeem at the top, they will need to throw an Olympic record.
It won’t be Peters, who’s short of 85m on his last throw and wins bronze on a best effort of 88.54m.
Defending champion Neeraj has never cracked 90m in his career. Can he finally do so here?
Not this time. That’s going to be short too, and that ends his reign as the current Olympic champion with a best throw of 89.45m. It’ll be his friend from across the border, Arshad, who will replace him as the champion, keeping the gold medal in Asia.
That’s another massive throw from Arshad! Is that further than 92.97m from earlier? Definitely over 90… it’s not, quite, but Arshad is still the new Olympic champion and Olympic record holder!
