Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan has made it to the final of the men’s javelin throw event at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon, United States.
Arshad threw 81.71 meters in his group B qualifying round, which put him in ninth place overall and gave him a spot in the final on July 23.
The Pakistani javelin thrower, who is 25 years old, was put in group B and threw the javelin second in a series. On his first try, he could throw 76.15 meters, and on his second, he could throw 74.38 meters.
But he did best on his third try when he threw 81.71m. This put him in the top 12 and allowed him to make it to the final. This was also his season’s best throw.
Anderson Peters of Germany, Neeraj Chopra of India, Julian Weber of Germany, Jakub Vedlejch of the Czech Republic, Ehab Abdelrahman of Egypt, Oliver Helander of Finland, Roderick Genki Dean of Japan, Curtis Thompson of the US, Andrian Maldare of the Maldives, Rohit Yadav of India, and Lassi Etelatalo of Finland will join Arshad. Last year, Arshad became well-known when he made it to the final of a track and field event at the Tokyo Olympics. He was the first Pakistani athlete in Olympic history to do so.
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