Brig Zaheer Akhtar, Pakistani contingent’s chef de mission to Tokyo Olympics, has expressed his displeasure with javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem’s failure to win a medal.
Speaking to the Pakistani media from Tokyo, Brig Zaheer mentioned Arshad Nadeem was able to touching the 90-meter mark. Had he and his coach stayed targeted on reaching the final word objective previous to the finals, they’d have received the medal, he mentioned.
“Nonstop social media use by Arshad and his coach in between the qualifying and final rounds turned out to be the main reason for this failure,” mentioned Brig Zaheer. He mentioned Arshad appeared set to topple even one of the best as he gave an early indication of his expertise throughout the qualifying spherical.
“When he threw javelin to over 85 meters in the qualifying round, Indian coach who trained the gold medalist Chopra was on record to have said that Arshad was the biggest threat to his athlete, having all the potential to win even Gold. Such was the impact of his qualifying round performance where he hardly put his full effort and yet he reached over 85 meters. The Indian camp was wary of Arshad and his potential,” he mentioned.
In response to Brig Zaheer, each Arshad and his coach Fayyaz Bokhari had been seen utilizing social media uninterruptedly regardless of clear directions they need to not do that. Later, he mentioned, it was learnt that they even despatched movies again dwelling midway into the competitors, which was an act of indiscipline.
The contingent’s chef-de-mission mentioned he had little question about Arshad’s expertise. He mentioned that Arshad’s coach was speaking over the cellphone when finals had been in progress. He mentioned that’s the reason why Arshad didn’t know that point was working out for his last throw. His half-hearted final try was made in haste, he mentioned. With J Vetter already out, it ought to have been a direct contest between Arshad and Chopra for a Gold medal, he mentioned. Sadly, that might not occur extra on account of Arshad and his coach’s extreme use of social media in between the qualifying spherical and finals.
