Paris Olympic 2024 / Did Arshad Nadeem cheat to beat Neeraj Chopra? Controversy erupts after he wins gold

Pakistan's javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem created a stir in the final of Paris Olympics 2024. On Thursday night, August 8, he did what no one had even thought of. In the thrilling final of the javelin throw held in Paris, he created a sensation with a throw of 92.97 meters. With this throw, Arshad created a new Olympic record. Neeraj Chopra failed to win the gold despite a throw of 89.45 meters and had to settle for

Vikrant Shekhawat : Aug 09, 2024, 10:40 AM

Paris Olympic 2024: Pakistan's javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem created a stir in the final of Paris Olympics 2024. On Thursday night, August 8, he did what no one had even thought of. In the thrilling final of the javelin throw held in Paris, he created a sensation with a throw of 92.97 meters. With this throw, Arshad created a new Olympic record. Neeraj Chopra failed to win the gold despite a throw of 89.45 meters and had to settle for silver. Now Arshad Nadeem is being accused of cheating. After his gold win, the uproar has increased. Demand for dope test has started rising against him.

Doping allegations against Arshad

Neeraj Chopra's biggest rival Arshad Nadeem performed amazingly in Paris. He tried to throw the javelin 6 times in the javelin final. During this, his first throw was a foul, while the second throw surprised everyone. Arshad broke the Olympic record made 16 years ago with 92.97 meters in the second attempt. Earlier in 2008, Andreas Thorkildsen of Norway had thrown 90.57 meters.

After this, he tried 4 times, in which he once again crossed 90 meters. No one is able to believe his performance. That is why many fans have accused him of taking drugs to perform in the final and have also demanded a dope test. Some have even claimed that he failed this test, because according to them 5 Pakistanis have already failed.

Arshad Nadeem broke many records

Arshad not only broke the Olympic record but also destroyed the Asian record. Before him, only Chao Tsun Cheng of Taiwan had thrown 91.36 meters. After 31 years, Arshad Nadeem has also taken his record in his name. Not only this, he has also become the first player to win a gold medal in an individual event for Pakistan. Pakistan has won only 3 individual medals so far.

Arshad also ended Pakistan's wait for an Olympic medal that had been going on for the last 32 years. Earlier, Pakistan had won a bronze medal in hockey in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Arshad Nadeem has achieved this special feat with his amazing performance.