Pakistan’s Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem did not have the best of times in the World Championships at Tokyo where he finished 10th. Following that, Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) had demanded an explanation for the below-par performance of the javelin thrower. Responding to that, Nadeem’s coach Salman Iqbal defended the athlete and gave a sharp reply to the PSB.

“Arshad’s performance was hampered by the surgery he underwent for his calf muscle problem and in Tokyo the track was hard and the weather hot and humid and this affected performances of many athletes in different events,” Iqbal said, as per PTI.

He also said that the Pakistan Amateur Athletics Federation had totally disassociated itself from Nadeem’s training and campaigns for the last year or more, adding that he had to seek the

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