On Arshad Nadeem's Silver Medal At World Athletics Championships, Wasim Akram's 'Value Extra Than A Gold' Bombshell

On Arshad Nadeem's Silver Medal At World Athletics Championships, Wasim Akram's 'Value Extra Than A Gold' Bombshell [ad_1]

Arshad Nadeem (L) and Neeraj Chopra© Twitter

It was a historic gold medal for India's Neeraj Chopra in World Athletics Championships 2023 males's javelin ultimate with Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem ending second. Whereas Neeraj gained the gold with a 88.17m throw in his second try, Nadeem got here up with a season greatest throw of 87.82m. Within the aftermath of the occasion, Pakistan cricket staff legend Wasim Akram took to social media to laud his makes an attempt and level out the dearth of infrastructural help for Nadeem. Akram stated that in some methods, the silver medal is 'value greater than gold' as Nadeem doesn't get the identical amenities as his fellow high athletes.

"Take a bow Arshad Nadeem… the entire Pakistan is celebrating your silver medal … value greater than a gold … in World Athletics Championship. Why I stated it is value greater than a gold is that you do not get the highest stage amenities different athletes get, however you continue to excelled. So pleasing that we're celebrating achievement apart from in cricket!," he posted on social media platform X (previously generally known as Twitter).

Take a bow Arshad Nadeem… the entire Pakistan is celebrating your silver medal … value greater than a gold … in World Athletics Championship. Why I stated it is value greater than a gold is that you do not get the highest stage amenities different athletes get, however you continue to excelled. So… pic.twitter.com/sG6ZA9alNw

— Wasim Akram (@wasimakramlive) August 28, 2023

In one other first, three Indians completed in high eight with Kishore Jena (84.77m) and DP Manu (84.14m) taking the fifth and sixth spots respectively. By no means earlier than did three Indians end in high eight of an occasion within the World Championships.

The 25-year-old Chopra achieved his greatest throw of the day in his second try. He had a foul to begin with, however then obtained 88.17m, 86.32m, 84.64m, 87.73m and 83.98m.

Pakistan's reigning Commonwealth Video games champion Arshad Nadeem took the silver along with his season's greatest throw of 87.82m, whereas Jakub Vadlejch of Czech Republic obtained the bronze.

(With PTI inputs)

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