Pakistani Elite athlete Arshad Nadeem secured 5th position with a throw of 86.16 meters in the Javelin throw competition at the World Athletics Championships being held in Eugene, USA. 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 Arshad for competing in this event. He had a special 2-month training tour of South Africa where he trained under Mr. Terseus Liebenberg the World
renowned Javelin coach. We are grateful to our sponsor Mr. Zahid Hussain for turning this dream
into reality. Despite nurturing a throwing elbow injury Arshad competed courageously to
achieve this unprecedented success.
Arshad Nadeem is now headed to the 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 is wanting 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 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.
