No food on most days, no money to buy javelin: Arshad Nadeem’s story is greater than his historic gold at Paris Olympics | Olympics
Think about Arshad Nadeem’s 92.97m throw that surpassed the 16-year-old Olympic Record (90.57m) by 2.40m. A sight, isn’t it? The run-up, the hold, the release… everything was perfect and beyond. Now cast your mind back to Nadeem’s sixth and final attempt. He was already assured a historic gold medal – Pakistan’s first at the Olympics