Arshad Nadeem and Yasir Sultan win gold and silver medals at Islamic Solidarity Games 2025
Pakistanis dominated the javelin throw event, as the Olympic gold medallist successfully defended his title
Arshad Nadeem, Salman Iqbal Butt, and Yasir Sultan. PHOTO: Yasir Sultan social media pages
Olympic gold medallist javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem and Asian Championship 2023 bronze medallist Yasir Sultan finished first and second at the ongoing Islamic Solidarity Games in Riyadh.
Arshad and Yasir were the center of attention in the javelin throw final at the Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium as they were coming in with the best recod of throws in the season.
Arshad successfully defended his Games title when his best throw, 83.05m, came in the second out of six attempts at the event.
This was far from his season best , 86.40m at Asian Championships 2025 in Gumi, and even further than his Olympic record-breaking throw, 92.97m, in Paris last year.
The break down of Arshad’s throws in six attempts was 75.44m, 83.05m, 82.48m, 77.06m, the fifth attempt was flagged, and 77.98m.
Arshad won the gold medal and created games record last time with a massive throw of 88.55m in Konya in 2022.
Meanwhile, this was Yasir’s debut at the games.
He took the silver with his best throw of 76.04m, which came in his sixth attempt.
The second place was closely contested by Yasir and Nigeria’s Samuel Adams Kure, who pulled off 76.01m in his fifth attempt, which Yasir chased and upstaged with his best throw in the sixth attempt by a small margin.
The gold and silver medals by Arshad and Yasir take Pakistan’s medal tally to four.
These were also the first gold and silver medals for the country at the current Islamic Games edition.
