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Pakistani javelin star Arshad Nadeem on Wednesday gave his first Independence Day speech following his historic gold medal win at the Paris Olympics 2024.
Nadeem is Pakistan's first ever Individual Olympic champion. The 27-year-old secured a gold medal with his Olympic record throw of 92.97 in his attempt. Arshad Nadeem's Indian rival Neeraj Chopra, who clinched the gold medal at Tokyo Olympics, won the silver medal with his season best throw of 89.45 in his second attempt.
Arshad Nadeem also recorded second-best Olympic record with a throw of 91.79 in his sixth and final in the javelin throw final. The resident of Mian Channu village in Punjab Province became a celebrity as he received rousig reception upon his arrival at Lahore airport and received many cash rewards for his historic achievement at Paris Olympics.
In a video, Arshad Nadeem, wearing white shirt and green shirt, gave Pakistan's independence day speech, urging the citizens of the country to be united just like how the entire nation was united when he clinched the historic gold medal at the Paris Olympics.
"On Pakistan's Independence Day, I appeal to the people of Pakistan to take a pledge on this day that we stay united, Like how on August 8th after I bagged gold at the Paris Olympics we witnessed a wave of joy not only in Pakistan but among Pakistanis worldwide." Nadeem said.
"I wish you stand by me and, like how I have changed my profile pictures on social media for August 14th stating 'United we stand,' I want all of you to stand with me and change your profile pictures. Let's show the world that 'United we stand.'" he added.
However, Arshad Nadeem's speech became viral after the noise of the snoring in the background caught the attention of the netizens. The snoring noise amid the speech by Arshad Nadeem left the netizens in splits.
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Arshad Nadeem was one of the favourites to win a gold medal in javelin after he finished fourth with the best throw of 86.59m while his rival Neerajh Chopra topped with 89.34, 0.60m short of his national record in the qualification round of the event.
In the final, Arshad Nadeem committed a foul in the opening attempt before clearing 92.97m mark in the second attempt, which helped him be far ahead of his opponents and secured a gold medal. With his Olympic gold medal, Nadeem ended Pakistan's 32-year medal drought at the Summer Games.
Nadeem made his Oympic debut at the Tokyo Olympics 2021, but finished fifth with his best throw of 84.62, 2.96m short of gold medalist Neeraj Chopra.
