Pakistani athlete Arshad Nadeem is near to win a medal in Tokyo Olympics, who will compete in the javelin throw final at the Olympic Stadium on Saturday evening.

Arshad, 24, athlete is considered as one of the strongest contenders to win the medals.

Arshad, a gold medalist in South Asian Games and bronze medalist in Asian Games, is one of the twelve contestants appearing in the finals.

He is the first Pakistani athlete to qualify for the finals of any track and field event in the Olympics.

Arshad’s throw of 85.16m was the best in his group earlier, this attempt had brought him into the finals, giving the nation hope of bringing the gold medal home.

He stood third in the overall group stage with India’s Neeraj Chopra and Germany’s Johannes Vetter on first and second positions, respectively.

He has put himself among the top athletes of the competition, with only three athletes – Johannes Vetter (96.29m), Neeraj Chopra (88.07), and Andrian Mardare (86.66) ahead of him.

Arshad is undefeated since 2015, he has broken his national records seven times during the last six years.

The last Olympic medal for Pakistan was a bronze, claimed by the Hockey team at Barcelona, before that, Boxer Hussain Shah had brought an individual medal home in 1988.