Sports Bulletin Report
ISLAMABAD:-Top national javelin athlete, Arshad Nadeem secured 5th position with a throw of 86.16 meters in the international javelin throw competition, World Athletics Championships that held in Eugene, United States of America (USA).
According to an official of Athletics Federation of Pakistan (AFP), this achievement is a historical milestone as no Pakistani athlete has ever qualified or secured a place in the finals of a World Athletics Championships. AFP had made tremendous efforts to prepare the Arshad for competing in this event. He had a special 2-month training tour of South Africa where he trained by the Terseus Liebenberg the world renowned javelin coach. We are grateful to our sponsor Zahid Hussain for turning this dream into reality. Despite nurturing a throwing elbow injury Arshad competed courageously to achieve this unprecedented success.
Now, Arshad Nadeem will go to UK where he will take part in the XXII Commonwealth Games, Birmingham. It is unfortunate that the athlete is being denied the right to have his personal coach in the CWG as the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) is willing to send a non-athletic person as an official with the Pakistani athletics team at Birmingham.
AFP is extremely apprehensive of this unfair and unprofessional approach by POA as this action can be detrimental to the performance of Arshad. The Federal minister of Inter Provincial Coordination (IPC) Ehsan ur Rehman Mazari is requested to kindly use his influence and redress this prevailing situation that can adversely affect the chances of Pakistan winning a medal in Commonwealth Games 2022.
