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President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday conferred Hilal-e-Imtiaz, the second-highest civilian award of the nation, on Olympian Arshad Nadeem for profitable the nation’s first gold medal in 40 years within the just lately concluded Paris 2024 Olympics.
He gained Pakistan’s first athletic gold medal with an Olympic record-breaking feat within the males’s javelin throw competitors.
President Zardari bestowed the award on him throughout a ceremony on the President House in Islamabad.
The 40-year drought of a gold medal within the Olympics for Pakistan ended with the javelin thrower’s achievement, regardless of his lengthy battle with lack of services, gear and coaching.
Nadeem broke the Olympic document with 92.97 meters throw.
Over this achievement, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on August 13 had introduced to grant him Hilal-e-Imtiaz.
Nadeem has been showered with rewards since his victory on August 8, the day he claimed the gold. PM Shehbaz hosted a lavish dinner for the ace javelin thrower and introduced a prize of Rs150 million.
Disclosing his plans for the 2028 Olympics, the prime minister introduced to ascertain a coaching centre contained in the Jinnah Stadium in Islamabad, which might be named “Arshad Nadeem High Performance Academy”.
Separately, Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif offered a cheque of Rs100 million and a key of a automobile with a quantity plate “PAK 92.97” to the Olympian. While the Sindh authorities had given him a prize cash of Rs50 million.
Several different personal and authorities entities granted him money prizes and different rewards for his making the nation proud on the world athletes map.
