Javelin throwers Neeraj Chopra and Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem have shared a friendship since 2016 when Nadeem got here in a bus from Lahore to Amritsar.
From this friendship, there has blossomed a stupendous rivalry with every making an attempt to outdo each other in each competitors they meet. Neeraj has the Olympic Gold and on Sunday night time, Arshad would grow to be the primary Asian to breach the 90m barrier, and take the CWG Gold.
Neeraj, who needed to miss the Commonwealth Games this yr as a result of harm, congratulated his expensive buddy on Instagram the place he wrote within the video of Nadeem’s throw, shared from the official deal with of the Pakistan javelin thrower, “Congratulations Arshad bhai for gold medal and crossing 90mtr with new games record. Aage ke Competitions ke liye all the best.”
On Sunday, Nadeem was requested if he would converse to Neeraj after the win, to which he replied, “Kyun nahi? (Why not), and added “I missed him within the competitors right here. Mashallah, he’s an excellent buddy. Injury is a part of the sport. Inshallah Alla tallah unko bhi sehat de, woh hote toh aur bhi maza ata ( May god grant him good well being, if he was right here, there would have been extra enjoyable). I want him good luck for the subsequent competitors and we’ve got enjoyable collectively in future competitions), Nadeem stated.
This yr, to this point, each competed solely as soon as collectively on the World Athletics Championship within the US. Prior to the world championships, Chopra would create a nationwide document with a throw of 89.94m in Sweden. Chopra would win the silver medal at Eugene with a throw of 88.13m whereas Nadeem completed fifth with a throw of 86.16m.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
