{"id":114537,"date":"2026-08-12T13:39:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T13:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/114537\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T13:39:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T13:39:13","slug":"pakistans-javelin-star-arshad-nadeem-pulls-out-of-lausanne-diamond-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/114537\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan’s javelin star Arshad Nadeem pulls out of Lausanne Diamond league"},"content":{"rendered":"

3 min readAug 12, 2026 06:31 PM IST<\/p>\n

Pakistan\u2019s Olympic gold medal winning javelin star Arshad Nadeem<\/a> will not take part in the Diamond League meet later this month in order to focus on the Asian Games in Japan. \u201cHe has decided against competing in the Diamond League meet this month as he wants to be ready for the Asian Games,\u201d Nadeem\u2019s coach Salman Butt said. The Diamond League event is set to feature \u00a0stars like Neeraj Chopra Chopra, Julian Weber and Anderson Peters.<\/p>\n

Nadeem did not have the best of times in the recently concluded Commonwealth Games when he finished 9th in the medal round of the javelin throw event, missing out on a top 8 finish. Sri Lanka\u2019s Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage eventually took the top spot with a throw of 89.75 metres, while India\u2019s Chopra and Yash Vir Singh took the second and third spots respectively.<\/p>\n

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Nadeem\u2019s performance was severely criticized with the javelin star even conducting a press conference to address the \u2018heartless\u2019 comments.<\/p>\n

Nadeem, who had scripted history by winning the gold medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics with an Olympic record throw of 92.97 metres, said his poor showing in Glasgow was largely due to the extremely cold weather, which left his body stiff and cramped, preventing him from generating the momentum and run-up required for his throws.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want to offer excuses for what happened, but those making hurtful and disrespectful comments about me should realise that I am a son of the soil and have brought medals for this country in the past,\u201d he had said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy parents have brought me up to remain grounded and never forget my roots. I am not arrogant because of money or fame,\u201d he had said.<\/p>\n

He pointed out that several athletes in the final also struggled because of the unusually cold conditions, resulting in numerous foul throws.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt becomes very difficult for a Javelin Thrower to keep his body muscles and rhythm consistent and fluid during the throws because of the cold,\u201d he had added.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe that it is my job to put in all the hard work and commitment but at the end of the day it is up to Allah what he has planned for me. I can try to give my best. I have reconciled with the Commonwealth Games performance because I know I can do much better,\u201d he had said.<\/p>\n

Last year, Nadeem also had a below par performance in the World Championships in Tokyo, finishing 10th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"3 min readAug 12, 2026 06:31 PM IST Pakistan\u2019s Olympic gold medal winning javelin star Arshad Nadeem will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114538,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[9],"tags":[54539,55831,55833,5420,55838,94,11586,55837,55836,55834,55832,55835],"class_list":["post-114537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lausanne","tag-arshad-nadeem","tag-asian-games-japan","tag-commonwealth-games-glasgow","tag-diamond-league","tag-indian-express-sports","tag-lausanne","tag-neeraj-chopra","tag-pakistani-javelin-thrower","tag-paris-2024-olympics","tag-rumesh-tharanga-pathirage","tag-salman-butt","tag-yash-vir-singh"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/117082820952523049","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}