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Pakistan has handed newly-crowned Olympics javelin champion Arshad Nadeem one of the highest rewards in history following his heroics at the Paris 2024 Games.
Arshad Nadeem, the record-breaking Olympics javelin champion, has been rewarded over Ksh115 million for winning a gold medal at the Paris 2024 Games.
Pakistan continues to celebrate Nadeem following his massive throw of 92.97m at the Olympics which proved too hard to beat for his rivals, among them Kenya’s Julius Yego, who finished fifth, and he will be receiving a total of 250 million rupees (Ksh115,713,001) from various sources for his victory.
As per Associated Press, Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif, announced 150 million rupees (Ksh69,402,000) for Nadeem at a special ceremony to honour the star athlete in the capital Islamabad.
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Sharif’s announcement came hours after Punjab’s Chief Minister Mariam Nawaz visited Nadeem’s house in a village in the Mian Channu district and presented him with a cheque for 100 million rupees (Ksh46,311,000).
Nawaz also handed him the keys to a new car which has a special registration number of “PAK 92.97” to commemorate Nadeem’s throw of 92.97m in Paris, which was an Olympic record. Nadeem’s coach Salman Iqbal Butt was also given 5 million rupees (Ksh2,322,000).
“You have doubled the delight of 250 million Pakistanis because we’ll also celebrate our Independence Day tomorrow [Wednesday],” Sharif said while announcing the reward for Nadeem, whose father is a daily wage laborer. “Today every Pakistani is happy and the morale of the whole country is sky high.”
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The delighted javelin king promised even more in his next competitions. “The feeling is very good. I hope to stay fit and break the world record one day,” said Nadeem.
Nadeem beat the previous Olympics record of 90.57 set by Andreas Thorkildsen of Norway at the 2008 Beijing Games and it was great news for Pakistanis as he silenced defending champion Neeraj Chopra from neighbouring India, who threw 89.45 for a silver medal.
It was Pakistan’s maiden Olympics gold in the Games’ history and a first medal since the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics edition when their field hockey team clinched bronze.
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