Coach Salman Butt opens up about Arshad Nadeem's historic Olympic gold

Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem won the Olympic men's javelin title during the Paris Game in August, his country's first individual gold at a Summer Games.

In an exclusive interview with Nukta, coach Salman Butt takes us behind the scenes of Arshad Nadeem's Olympic gold medal win. From training sessions to the podium, Salman shares the secrets of Arshad's success and the emotions that fueled their historic moment.

Salman also spoke about Arshad’s rivalry with India’s star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra.

Arshad threw an Olympic record of 92.97 meters for victory, India's defending champion Neeraj taking silver with 89.45. Grenada's Anderson Peters claimed bronze with 88.54m.

Before Arshad's remarkable victory, Pakistan had never won an individual gold medal at the Olympics.