Olympics 2021: Watch Live Javelin Event Featuring Arshad Nadeem

Athlete Arshad Nadeem, the last medal hope for Pakistan at the Tokyo Olympics, is in action in the final of the javelin throw competition.

Arshad Nadeem records a throw of 82.40m in the first attempt.

India’s Neeraj Chopra covers a distance of 87.03 in his first attempt.

Moldova’s Johannes Vetter first throw is 82.52.

Germany’s Julian Weber gets a distance of 85.30.

Neeraj’s second attempt is a distance of 87.58. He is currently leading the board.

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Arshad Nadeem, 24, from Mian Channu, had directly qualified for the Olympics by showing excellent performances in the South Asian Games.

When he came on the field for the Olympics, Arshad Nadeem also made a splash on the group stage. By throwing 85.16 meters, Arshad Nadeem got the first position in his group and the third position in the overall qualifiers and qualified for the final.

Now their eyes are on Saturday’s final, which will feature top 12 Julian throwers.

In the first round, all 12 athletes will throw spears 3, 3 times, after which the last four athletes will be eliminated from the medal race, while the top 8 will compete for 3, 3 more times.

Arshad Nadeem, the bronze medalist of the 2018 Asian Games and the gold medalist of the South Asian Games 2019, is ranked ninth in the players’ order. After the elimination in three rounds, the order of the athletes will be arranged based on the position.

Pakistani athlete Arshad Nadeem, who has a personal best of 86.39, is being touted as a strong contender for the medal race at the Tokyo Olympics but will face stiff competition from India’s Neeraj Chopra and Germany’s world number one Johannes Waiter.

If you look at the performance of the finalists this season, Arshad Nadeem had the best throw of 86.38 this season and only 3 players in the top 12 of the Tokyo Olympics have had a better throw so far this season. Johannes Vetter 96.29, Neeraj Chopra 88.07 and Andrian Mardare 86.66.