AFP planning to send Arshad to Kazakhstan
Sports
April 24, 2021
KARACHI: As border restrictions have now been relaxed in Kazakhstan and flights have been resumed the Athletics Federation of Pakistan (AFP) plans to send javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem there for training after Eid-ul-Fitr.
He will be imparted training by Kazakhstan’s coach Viktor Yevsyukov from whom Arshad is receiving training in Antalya, Turkey, these days.
However, the Turkey training stint will end on April 30 and Arshad will return.
The AFP will decide about the matter soon.
“Definitely the plan is there but we will decide it in a meeting in a few days after discussing the matter from various perspectives,” an AFP official told ‘The News’.
Arshad starts training under Viktor
Sports
April 19, 2021
KARACHI: Aiming to add more to his strength ahead of this year’s Tokyo Olympics, Pakistan’s premier javelin thrower and Olympics medal hope Arshad Nadeem has started training under the Kazakhstan coach Viktor Yevsyukov, a former world silver medallist, in Turkey’s city Antalya.
On the third day on trot, he underwent training on Sunday. Arshad said that a few things have been added to his training.
“Viktor has added three to four new things to my training. It’s just the start and let’s see how we progress,” Arshad told ‘The News’ from Antalya on Sunday.
Arshad happy with golden throw in Iran
Pakistani javelin thrower dreams of Olympic medal with training in Turkey
KARACHI:
“Everyone in my village is happy. They said they will come to receive me at the airport when I get back,” said Pakistani javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem with less than 100 days to Tokyo Olympics. “I asked them why this time? You never say that. They told me that they want to celebrate my big return with that gold medal in Iran. But I have won gold medals before too.”
The youngster from Mian Chunnu, the only athlete from Pakistan to ever qualify directly for the Olympics, is now making sure that his comeback to international circuit is successful after almost a year and a half, and it is no coincidence.
LAHORE: Arshad Nadeem, Pakistan’s premier javelin thrower, continued his fine performance as he earned gold medal at the Imam Raza Athletics Cup in Iran.
According to the information received here from Mashhad on Tuesday, the 24-year-old Arshad in the process set a new Pakistan record by throwing the javelin at a distance of 86.38 metres to claim the gold medal in Mashhad where the event was staged.
Besides setting the Pakistan record, the Khanewal-born Arshad also improved his South Asian Games record (86.29 metres) set during the 2019 edition held in Nepal where he won gold to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics. The Olympics will be held in July-August this year after last year’s postponement due to Covid-19.
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