Salman Butt, the coach of Pakistan’s Olympic hero Arshad Nadeem, told Dawn.com on Friday that the athlete’s monstrous 92.97m throw in the javelin final was “unbelievable.”
Nadeem’s throw also shattered the previous Olympic record of 90.57m, set by the Netherlands’ Andreas Thorkildsen at the Beijing 2008 Olympics.
“I knew he had a big throw, but that was really surprising,” Butt chuckled.
“It’s like that guy said, this was ‘out of syllabus’,” an amused Butt told Dawn.com on Friday.
Tokyo 2020 gold medallist, India’s Neeraj Chopra, took home silver with an 89.45m throw on his second attempt, the only viable throw of the night among five foul throws.
Grenada’s Anderson Peters took home bronze and his first Olympic medal with an 88.54m throw.
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