Arshad Nadeem finishes fifth in javelin final at World Athletics Championship 2022

ISLAMABAD – Pakistani star Olympian Arshad Nadeem on Sunday once again missed a medal as he finished fifth in final round of javelin throw competition at the World Athletics Championship 2022 played in Oregon, USA.

Anderson Peters Oly of Grenada successfully defended his world javelin title, with his huge throw of 90.54 meters.

Indian player Neeraj Chopra, who won javelin title at Olympics last year, managed to bag silver medal with his best 88.13m throw while Czech Republic athlete Jakub Vadlejch won bronze medal.

Arshad Nadeem’s best throw was 86.16m and it was his best throw of the season.

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Arshad Nadeem 🇵🇰 secured the fifth position in the deciding stage of the javelin throw. #ArshadNadeem threw 86.16 meters, which is also Arshad Nadeem’s best throw this season. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/oDVacY1zrT

— Mughees Ali (@mugheesali81) July 24, 2022

Social media users have praised Arshad Nadeem for his attempt and securing the fifth position in the world competition with limited resources. 

Battling with an injury...limited resources...yet he hit his season best mark of 86.16m
Stands 5th in the world athletics championships final.

Super proud of you champ💚
Onto the Commonwealth games now!#ArshadNadeem #WorldAthleticsChamps #WCHOregon22 #Pakistan pic.twitter.com/fEldcJ7B6n

— Aminaنیلاب (@AminaNilab) July 24, 2022

#ArshadNadeem we all proud of you, @TheRealPCB @SportsBoardPak @thePSLt20 @PresOfPakistan please 🙏 invest on athletes like him and @_talha_talib they are gem 💎 pic.twitter.com/qDxf2ANoIR

— Muhammad Talha Farooq (@TalhaFarooq88) July 24, 2022

Thankyou so much for all your efforts sir... You are a hero, a #Legend.. Pakistanis are so proud of you. Being in the top 5 of the world is an achievement in itself#ArshadNadeem

— ahsan mir (@ahsan89) July 24, 2022

Being in group B, the 25-year-old finished ninth in the qualifiers on Thursday and his best throw was 81.71m that helped him booking a place in the final round.

He was joined by Germany’s Anderson Peters, Germany’s Julian Weber, Czech Republic’s Jakub Vedlejch, Egypt’s Ehab Abdelrehman, Finland’s Oliver Helander, Japan’s Roderick Genki Dean, USA’s Curtis Thompson, Maldives’ Andrian Maldare, India’s Rohit Yadav and Finland’s Lassi Etelatalo in the final show.

Arshad shot to fame last year when he became the first Pakistani athlete to qualify for the Olympics and the first to reach a track-and-field final.