File picture of Neeraj Chopra and Arshad Nadeem© AFP
Pakistan’s star javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem has refused to touch upon his arch-rival Neeraj Chopra, who was not too long ago trolled for inviting the Olympic gold medallist for the now-postponed NC Traditional in Bengaluru, on account of ongoing cross-border tensions. The lethal terrorist assault in Jammu and Kashmir’s common vacationer vacation spot Pahalgam, which killed 26 folks, passed off earlier than Neeraj had prolonged his invitation to the Pakistani thrower, however the Indian ace was nonetheless criticised on social media.
“I do not wish to make any feedback about Neeraj due to the continued battle with India,” Nadeem instructed reporters right here.
“I come from a village and I’ll solely say that me and my household will all the time stand with our military,” added Nadeem.
Neeraj had completed second finest to Nadeem on the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Tokyo Olympic gold medallist Neeraj too had echoed related sentiments forward of the Doha leg of the Diamond League Assembly on Might 15, saying that he and Nadeem have been by no means actually shut associates.
The NC Traditional javelin occasion, named after the celebrated Indian and initially scheduled for Might 24 in Bengaluru, was postponed earlier this month within the wake of the navy battle with Pakistan.
Nadeem mentioned he was aiming for the 100m mark after his gold medal in Paris.
“I’ve all the time mentioned that I all the time compete with myself and my ambition is to hit the 100m mark in the future,” the Pakistani javelin thrower mentioned.
He added that if Neeraj is doing properly, “it is good for him”.
Neeraj not too long ago got here up with a personal-best throw of 90.23m within the Doha leg of the Diamond League Assembly. To breach the 90m mark is one thing that he had been striving for greater than 5 years.
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