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Several nations celebrated their first gold medals at the Paris Olympics. Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan shattered the Olympic record with a monumental throw of 92.97 meters in the men's javelin final, while Veddriq Leonardo of Indonesia edged out China's Wu Peng in the men's sport climbing speed...
FOR A COUNTRY with a massive population of 1.4 billion — second only to China — and a potentially limitless pool of talent, India has historically underperformed in track & field but at least it can now claim to have an Olympic gold medalist of its own thanks to Neeraj Chopra. At a Ga...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Olympic javelin gold medalist Arshad Nadeem received a total of 250 million rupees ($897,000) on Tuesday as Pakistan continued to celebrate his record-breaking throw at the Paris Games. Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, announced 150 million rupees ($538,000) for ...
Ruth Fuchs(born December 14, 1946, Egeln,Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany—died September 20, 2023,Thuringia, Germany) is an East German athlete, winner of two Olympic gold medals. She dominated thejavelinthrow during the 1970s, winning 113 of 129 events. ...
Specifications of the weight and the length of the javelin used are set by the IAAF. Every athlete gets several chances to throw the event. For determining the medalists of the competition, the best throw of the athletes are measured. If the javelin lands flat, the distance is measured fr...
Felix returned to action last month following the birth of her first child. The nine-time Olympic gold medallist, who holds the Hanzekovic Memorial 200m meeting record, will contest the 400m this year. All three medalists from the 2017 IAAF World Championships in London will be reunited in ...
Javelin:Niklas Kaul, gold medalist at the ’19 Worlds, led the way with an Olympic deca best 255-2 (77.78) as rain began and strengthened steadily. PRing in his fifth event of the meet, Rooth effectively sealed the gold, taking the overall lead with a best of 219-4 (66.87). Victor ...
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Pakistan partied late into the night after javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem won the country’s first ever track and field medal with an Olympic record throw of 92.97 meters to take gold in Paris.