World Athletics Championships: here's what Neeraj Chopra told Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem

While India's Neeraj Chopra claimed a silver medal at the World Athletics Championships 2022, Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem, unfortunately, missed a podium finish at a world event once again.

Nadeem finished fifth with an 86.16m throw in Oregon. Notably, the Pakistani athlete also came 5th in the Tokyo Olympics 2020.

Neeraj revealed that he spoke to Nadeem after the competition and congratulated him for a great throw in the final.

The Tokyo Olympics gold medallist said that Nadeem told him that he had issues with his elbow in the final. Neeraj further said that he told the South Asian Games champion that he had a great comeback from injury and it was commendable that he threw the javelin over 86 metres.

Interestingly, Neeraj and Arshad both finished on the podium at the Jakarta Asian Games in 2018. While Neeraj won the gold, the 25-year-old Pakistani Olympian won the bronze medal in the continental event.

Neeraj and Arshad both are set to take part in the upcoming Commonwealth Games starting July 28.

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