Arshad Nadeem at Paris Olympics 2024: Pakistan's star athlete Arshad Nadeem scripted history at the Paris Olympics 2024 and won the monumental gold medal in the men's javelin throw event.

Ever since Arshad defeated India's Neeraj Chopra for the remarkable achievement, he has been showered with gifts and massive praise from all over the country.

In an interesting turn of events, Arshad's father-in-law decided to gift him a buffalo back in his village.

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While explaining the reason for gifting his son-in-law a buffalo, Muhammad Nawaz said that such a gesture is considered “very valuable” and “honourable” in their village.

Nadeem made history at the Stade de France in Paris on Thursday after winning men’s javelin gold with an Olympic record throw of 92.97 metres.

He became the first athlete from his country to win an individual gold medal at the Olympics. India’s Chopra, who had won gold in Tokyo 2020, ended up winning silver with his best throw of 89.45m.

“Nadeem also takes great pride in his roots and despite the success, his home still remains his village and he still lives with his parents and brothers,” said Nawaz.

Arshad's father-in-law mentioned that he had four sons and three daughters, and his youngest daughter, Ayesha, was married to the star javelin thrower.

Nawaz also disclosed that the couple has two sons and a daughter.

Hailing from the rural area of Khanewal in Punjab, Nadeem had very limited resources to train and travel abroad for competitions.

He was assisted by fellow villagers and relatives, who donated money so that he could compete abroad in his early days.

Nawaz went on to express his happiness with the fact that despite immense success and fame, Arshad, who became the first individual gold medallist from the country, was very respectful towards everyone.

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“Whenever he comes to our house he never complains about anything and eats whatever is there at our home,” he said.

“Two of his children have started going to the local primary school in the village while one son is still very young.”

It is to be noted that Nadeem's gold was Pakistan's first after 40 years since the men's hockey team won it in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.