Javelin Throw Gold Medalist

Javelin Throw Gold Medalist. His final throw stood at 91.79m. In a result that sent shockwaves in the athletics fraternity, pakistan's arshad nadeem won the gold medal with a new olympic record of 92.97m throw.

Since 2000, only 3 men have won the olympic gold medal with a throw in excess of 90m in men’s javelin. With this, he has become the first indian athlete to win gold ever and india’s second ever individual olympic gold medalist after shooter abhinav.