Pakistan rewards javelin champion Nadeem with $897,000 for record-breaking throw at Paris Olympics

Men's javelin gold medalist, Arshad Nadeem, of Pakistan Arshad Nadeem poses for a photograph with his mother inside his house, in Mian Channu, Khanewal district, of Pakistan, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024.

Men's javelin gold medalist, Arshad Nadeem, of Pakistan Arshad Nadeem poses for a photograph with his mother inside his house, in Mian Channu, Khanewal district, of Pakistan, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Asim Tanveer)


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ISLAMABAD — Olympic javelin gold medalist Arshad Nadeem has received a total of 250 million rupees ($897,000) as Pakistan continues to celebrate his record-breaking throw at the Paris Games. Pakistan's prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, announced 150 million rupees ($538,000) for Nadeem at a special ceremony to honor the star athlete in Islamabad. Sharif's announcement came hours after Punjab's chief minister Mariam Nawaz visited Nadeem's house in a village in the Mian Channu district and presented him with a check for 100 million rupees ($359,000). Nawaz also handed him the keys to a new car which has a special registration number of "PAK 92.97" to commemorate Nadeem's throw of 92.97 meters at Paris, which was an Olympic record.

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