Arshad Nadeem set a new Olympic record on Thursday and ended Pakistan’s 32- time stay for success at the Games by deciding the coveted gold order in the men’s pikestaff final in Paris. The Mian Channu- born was slow off the blocks, registering a no– throw on his first attempt of the night but shocked everyone on his alternate attempt, with a monstrous 92.97- m gamble, which the rest of the field could n’t indeed come near for the rest of the competition. Behind Nadeem on the tribune was rival and reigning champion Neeraj Chopra, who also had a foul gamble on his first attempt before ultimately settling for a tableware order finish with an 89.45 m gamble on his alternate attempt. Grenada’s Anderson Peters took home citation, his first ever Olympic order, with an 88.54 m gamble. Nadeem’s gamble was Pakistan’s first individual gold order, first track and field order and …
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