Pakistan’s star javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem was dominated out of the Asian Video games attributable to a knee damage on Tuesday, officers confirmed, in a significant dent to the nation’s probabilities of successful one other medal on the occasion.
An official of the Pakistan Olympic Affiliation (POA) confirmed that Nadeem knowledgeable them and the Pakistan contingent that he wouldn’t have the ability to take part within the occasion attributable to a continual damage.
The blow to Pakistan got here simply 24 hours earlier than the athlete’s participation on the occasion as he was scheduled to seem within the males’s Javelin Throw finals on Wednesday night.
A press release attributed to Pakistan’s chef de mission, launched by POA stated that Arshad complained of ache in his knees after the primary session in Hangzhou.
“After arrival at Hangzhou on the first coaching session on 27th September 2023, Mr Arshad Nadeem revealed and complained to Dr Asad Abbas, who was accompanying him on the journey, that he has been grappling with persistent ache for a number of months, a priority that has grow to be significantly urgent within the aftermath of the World Athletics Championship,” the assertion highlighted.
“On 2nd October, he once more complained of ache in the best knee and expressed a need to endure an analysis to find out the influence on his means to take part within the Javelin Throw occasion. The chief medical officer of the Pakistan Contingent really helpful a complete check-up.”
After this, Nadeem underwent a medical examination, together with a non-invasive check i.e. magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at a neighborhood hospital in Hangzhou, which revealed a long-standing damage.
The assertion additional stated that the Javelin thrower, after consulting the medical personnel, determined to not take part within the Asian Video games so as to forestall any untoward scenario which will hinder his coaching program and participation within the Paris 2024 Olympic Video games.