Pakistan won the gold medal after 40 years | Arshad Nadeem | Olympics | Maria Memons Analysis
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Pakistan won the gold medal after 40 years | Arshad Nadeem | Olympics | Maria Memons Analysis
Pakistan won the gold medal after 40 years | Arshad Nadeem | Olympics | Maria Memons Analysis
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00:00Last night, we saw how crores of people were watching Javelin at Bar-e-Sagheer, Pak-o-Hind.
00:09Not many of us know much about Javelin.
00:12In fact, we may not have seen or taken this sport seriously until a few years ago.
00:17But we should thank Neeraj Chopra and Arshad Nadeem
00:20for creating so much glamour and interest in another sport
00:25which was being watched by Pakistanis and Indians at midnight.
00:30Let me show you a glimpse of Arshad Nadeem's journey,
00:34his past and his future.
00:38After 40 years, when Arshad Nadeem won this medal,
00:41for a few moments, we thought that everything will be fine.
00:45We are a nation that is always in survival mode.
00:48We always think of surviving.
00:50When we saw Arshad Nadeem winning this gold medal for the first time,
00:54we thought that we can thrive as well.
00:56A common Pakistani, who has no resources to fulfill his dreams,
01:03was given hope by Arshad Nadeem.
01:06Now, Arshad Nadeem may be able to see his dreams in a new light
01:10and may be able to work hard to achieve them.
01:13When Arshad Nadeem won his competition yesterday,
01:15there was another moment when Arshad Nadeem started crying.
01:19He hugged his friend.
01:21In Pakistan and all over the world, especially in South Asia,
01:24men consider crying to be a sign of weakness.
01:27They don't want to cry in front of anyone.
01:29Their manliness seems to reach its peak.
01:31It's a good thing that our athletes of the new era
01:35not only embrace their emotions,
01:37but they also show their emotions in front of the world.
01:40This is a very good role model for the men in Pakistan and South Asia
01:43who suppress their emotions.
01:46If you want to cry, be it out of happiness or sadness,
01:48you should definitely do it.
01:50The score table was very interesting.
01:52If we look at the score table yesterday,
01:54Arshad Nadeem was in first place.
01:56Arshad Nadeem was also in second place
01:58because both his throws were longer than Neeraj Chopra's.
02:02Neeraj couldn't cross 90.
02:04Arshad Nadeem won the competition with a throw of 92.7,
02:08but his last throw was also more than 90.
02:13So, if we look at the score,
02:14Neeraj Chopra gets gold, silver and bronze.
02:18But their camaraderie is amazing.
02:20They have always played together.
02:25After winning, Arshad Nadeem told the media
02:28that he wanted to become a cricketer.
02:31Everyone dreams of becoming a cricketer in Pakistan.
02:34Arshad saw this dream,
02:35but he got good mentors and coaches
02:38who told him that his strength is something else.
02:41What did Arshad say about this?
02:43If we talk about the journey,
02:45as Neeraj Chopra said,
02:47I started at the village level.
02:49I also started at the village level.
02:51But basically, I played cricket in Punjab.
02:55I was a very good cricketer as a bowler.
02:58Then I had to leave cricket.
03:00Along with that, I was very good at football.
03:02I was very good at football.
03:04I was also very good at Quidditch.
03:06I also played badminton.
03:08After leaving all this,
03:10I started athletics at school level.
03:14I did a lot of events in athletics.
03:16I did four throws,
03:18shot put, javelin throw,
03:21discus throw, hammer throw,
03:23long jump, high jump, triple jump.
03:25Along with that, I also did 100-200 games.
03:30I was the best athlete in Pakistan
03:33at the division level.
03:35My coach, Mr. Rashid Ahmed Saafi,
03:41told me to leave everything
03:43and come to javelin.
03:45At that time, I wanted to go to cricket.
03:47But it was very difficult to come forward in cricket.
03:50There is a team.
03:52It is very difficult to make a name for yourself.
03:57My elder brother was also there.
03:59He also said that he was in athletics.
04:01Similarly, I started athletics.
04:07Thank God, you didn't go to play cricket.
04:09Otherwise, how would Pakistan get a gold medal
04:11after 40 years in the Olympics?
04:13Where there is Arshad Nadeem,
04:15there is also Neeraj Chopra.
04:17Neeraj Chopra, throughout his journey,
04:19the Pakistanis also followed him because of Arshad Nadeem.
04:22Neeraj has always had a heavy back.
04:25In comparison to Arshad Nadeem.
04:27In fact, Arshad Nadeem looked up to Neeraj Chopra in a way.
04:30It was also visible from his conversation today.
04:32As if he was talking to him as an elder brother.
04:36But when this competition happened yesterday,
04:38Neeraj did not believe for a long time
04:40that Arshad threw two throws above 90s.
04:42But what an amazing sportsman's spirit he has got.
04:45And see how Neeraj Chopra acknowledged the athlete
04:48who was better than him
04:50about the performance of yesterday.
04:52And what did he say to him?
04:54The competition was very good.
04:56Every day is the day of an athlete.
05:00Today was Arshad's day.
05:02When we talk about Tokyo and Budapest,
05:05it was our day.
05:08It is very difficult.
05:10If you want to get gold
05:12and you think that you are ahead of a certain player.
05:15Then your jealousy, envy, all these emotions are there.
05:18It is very difficult to manage them.
05:20We can learn this from Neeraj Chopra.
05:22And Neeraj's mother and Arshad's mother
05:27did a great job.
05:28The way, with all the grace and patience
05:32after yesterday's competition
05:34they faced the media
05:36and the way they talked about each other's son.
05:40I wish more people learn sportsman's spirit
05:43from Neeraj and Arshad's mothers.
05:46See, two mothers who live across the border.
05:50But their sentiment is so beautiful.
05:53I am very thankful to God.
05:55And I am thankful to the whole country.
05:58And I am thankful to the whole of Pakistan.
06:00With prayers for my son,
06:03my son won a medal
06:05and made Pakistan proud.
06:08And Pakistan is alive.
06:10What will you say about Neeraj Chopra?
06:12He lost to Arshad.
06:13Losing and winning is in our destiny.
06:15And my son, God willing,
06:19may God bless him.
06:21May God give him a chance to win a medal.
06:24I am very happy.
06:26We have got silver and gold medals.
06:28If we get gold and silver medals,
06:29then we can manage it.
06:30No problem.
06:31All three of them are children's players.
06:35What an amazing thing.
06:36So many people think like this.
06:38And so many mothers
06:40have such a passion for their son's best competitor.
06:43So these two women have definitely
06:45set a new benchmark.
06:47But Pakistan's politics,
06:49Pakistan's situation,
06:50there was no change in it at all.
06:53As soon as this competition happened yesterday,
06:54then shamelessly,
06:55as expected,
06:57a line was put up to take credit for Arshad's victory.
07:01A competition was put up.
07:02Arshad's medal is just his medal.
07:04Arshad did not win this medal
07:06because there was some facilitation in Pakistan.
07:09Or because of the government of Pakistan
07:11or the Olympic bodies,
07:12he won this medal.
07:14He won this medal even though he was there.
07:17This is a great miracle.
07:18Because in our country,
07:19there is such a system
07:20that even if someone is talented,
07:21so many obstacles are laid in his way
07:23that even if he wants,
07:25he cannot get the medal.
07:27Otherwise, it takes 40 years for us to get the medal.
07:29So he has overcome all these obstacles
07:31first in the country,
07:33then he has competed with those people.
07:35It is not a small thing that Arshad Dadeem has won.
07:37Among the people who took credit,
07:39Usman Buzdar was an example.
07:41He is living a life of silence in a corner.
07:46He tweeted his picture.
07:48And he said that I met him
07:51and he tried to take credit for it.
07:54We made him believe.
07:55We supported him.
07:57Apart from this,
07:58we saw that Atta Tarar,
07:59Rana Mashood,
08:00Shahbaz Shareef,
08:02came forward and said
08:04that because of our vision,
08:05because of our sports festival,
08:07Arshad Dadeem has reached this position.