ISLAMABAD, July 22 (silubaba) -- Javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem became the only Pakistani athlete qualifying for the upcoming World Athletics Championships 2023, the Athletics Federation of Pakistan told silubaba on Saturday.
Secretary General of the federation Muhammad Zafar said that Nadeem qualified for the event to be held in Hungary's capital of Budapest from August 19 to 27.
Nadeem, 26, stood 5th at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and grabbed gold medals in the South Asian Games 2019 and the Commonwealth Games 2022,
The official said that Nadeem, who had earlier missed Asian Athletics Championships due to an injury, had regained fitness and would feature in the upcoming events.
Nadeem, ranked 5th in the world, threw a record 90.18 meters to win a gold medal in the Commonwealth Games 2022, which helped him win a place in the World Athletics Championships. ■
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