NEW DELHI: Arshad Nadeem, the star Pakistan javelin thrower on Saturday insisted he no rivalry with Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra and stated he believed in studying alternatives that prime athletes just like the Indian present.
Each Chopra and Nadeem have efficiently secured their spots within the upcoming Paris Olympics and the World Championships males’s javelin throw closing, scheduled for this Sunday.
Whereas Chopra wanted only one large throw to qualify for the World Championships closing by notching up his fourth career-best efficiency of 88.77m in Budapest on Friday, Nadeem sealed his Paris Olympics berth and reached the lads’s closing together with his season-best throw of 86.79m.
“I do not compete in opposition to anyone. I attempt to all the time compete with myself and to do higher and higher. There isn’t any rivalry with Neeraj,” Nadeem advised the media after qualifying for the ultimate.
“You’ll be able to all the time study from prime athletes.”
Nadeem, who returned to competitors after almost one yr after overcoming an elbow damage which required surgical procedure, stated he had excessive regards for his Indian counterpart, Chopra.
“I want him the perfect that he does effectively and my job is to get higher and higher for my nation,” he stated.
After Chopra pulled out of final yr’s Commonwealth Video games in Birmingham due to a groin damage, Nadeem went on to win Pakistan’s first medal in any monitor and discipline occasion in 56 years.
Nadeem received the gold medal with a Herculean throw of 90.18 metres and Neeraj was the primary to congratulate him on his monster achievement.
(With inputs from PTI)
Each Chopra and Nadeem have efficiently secured their spots within the upcoming Paris Olympics and the World Championships males’s javelin throw closing, scheduled for this Sunday.
Whereas Chopra wanted only one large throw to qualify for the World Championships closing by notching up his fourth career-best efficiency of 88.77m in Budapest on Friday, Nadeem sealed his Paris Olympics berth and reached the lads’s closing together with his season-best throw of 86.79m.
“I do not compete in opposition to anyone. I attempt to all the time compete with myself and to do higher and higher. There isn’t any rivalry with Neeraj,” Nadeem advised the media after qualifying for the ultimate.
“You’ll be able to all the time study from prime athletes.”
Nadeem, who returned to competitors after almost one yr after overcoming an elbow damage which required surgical procedure, stated he had excessive regards for his Indian counterpart, Chopra.
“I want him the perfect that he does effectively and my job is to get higher and higher for my nation,” he stated.
After Chopra pulled out of final yr’s Commonwealth Video games in Birmingham due to a groin damage, Nadeem went on to win Pakistan’s first medal in any monitor and discipline occasion in 56 years.
Nadeem received the gold medal with a Herculean throw of 90.18 metres and Neeraj was the primary to congratulate him on his monster achievement.
(With inputs from PTI)
