{"id":83774,"date":"2024-08-18T21:53:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-18T21:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/arshad-nadeem-returns-to-historic-heros-welcome-after-olympic-gold-win\/"},"modified":"2024-08-18T21:53:02","modified_gmt":"2024-08-18T21:53:02","slug":"arshad-nadeem-returns-to-historic-heros-welcome-after-olympic-gold-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/arshad-nadeem-returns-to-historic-heros-welcome-after-olympic-gold-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Arshad Nadeem returns to historic hero\u2019s welcome after Olympic gold win"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Arshad Nadeem receives historic welcome in Pakistan.<\/li>\n<li>Thousands of fans and officials greet him at Lahore airport.<\/li>\n<li>He praises government and sports board for facilities provided.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Star javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem received a historic reception upon his return to Pakistan after clinching a gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>Arshad arrived at Lahore\u2019s Allama Iqbal International Airport on Saturday night, where he was greeted by thousands of fans and government officials, celebrating the national hero.<\/p>\n<p>Fans at the airport showered him with flowers and welcomed him in a remarkable way. The crowd was so large that Arshad, who hails from Mian Channu, could hardly move through the venue.<\/p>\n<p>Approximately 100 relatives and close friends from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/showbiz\/2024\/08\/mohsin-abbas-haider-wants-to-portray-arshad-nadeem-in-biopic\/\">Arshad\u2019s<\/a> village, along with his family\u2014invited by Punjab\u2019s Sports Minister Malik Faisal\u2014were present at the airport to give him the grand welcome he deserved.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the media on his historic return, Arshad expressed his gratitude, saying he was \u201cgrateful to Allah\u201d for his monumental achievement at the Olympics. He also extended his thanks to the nation for the respect and honor he received.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDue to the prayers of my parents and the nation, Allah brought me to this position,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a long journey behind this success. [I] worked hard day and night to get the medal,\u201d the athlete shared.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about his accomplishment, the national hero praised the government, Sports Board Punjab, and others for the facilities provided to him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very happy to win a gold medal [for my country] during the [Paris] Olympics,\u201d he said, adding that he plans to continue his hard work to maintain his performance in future events.<\/p>\n<p>Arshad became the first Pakistani to win an individual Olympic gold with his throw of 92.97 meters in his second attempt, securing the gold medal.<\/p>\n<p>He also broke the Olympic record previously held by Denmark\u2019s Andreas Thorkildsen (90.57m in Beijing 2008).<\/p>\n<p>Arshad\u2019s victory also marked Pakistan\u2019s first Olympic medal since 1992 in Barcelona, ending the night with another impressive 91.79m throw in his final attempt.<\/p>\n<p>[embedpst slug = \u201c\/arshad-nadeems-olympic-win-how-much-reward-will-he-receive\/\u201d]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arshad Nadeem receives historic welcome in Pakistan. Thousands of fans and officials greet him at Lahore airport. He praises government and sports board for facilities provided. Star javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem received a historic reception upon his return to Pakistan after clinching a gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Arshad arrived at Lahore\u2019s Allama [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":83775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/FotoJet-2024-08-11T103853.556.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83774\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}