Neeraj Chopra also like our son said Pakistan Javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem’s Coach
Arshad’s coach, Syed Hussain Bukhari, has claimed that he would want to see Neeraj Chopra fight against Arshad in either Islamabad or Lahore.
Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem penned a few days ago when he earned a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games, earning the country’s first gold medal in the sport at the CWG. Syed Hussain Bukhari, Arshad’s coach, has recently declared that he would want to see Neeraj Chopra fight against Arshad in either Islamabad or Lahore. He went on to say that Neeraj is like their son and that if he wins, they will spoil him.
Bukhari claimed in an interview with the Indian Express: “Most of the time, Arshad trains in the Jinnah Stadium in Islamabad and Lahore; my ambition is to see Arshad and Neeraj compete in a full stadium in Islamabad or Lahore. Neeraj resembles our son.”
“As a Pakistani, I can tell you that if Neeraj wins, we would show him the same love as we showed Milkha Singh Ji when he defeated Abdul Khaliq in Lahore in 1960. Athletes have a passion for athletics “He went on.
Nadeem threw 90.18m in the CWG final, becoming the first South Asian to cross the 90m mark.
Chopra was unable to compete at the Commonwealth Games owing to an injury acquired in the World Championships final when he took silver.
“After Arshad’s Asian Games bronze and Tokyo Olympics qualification, I can say that I see 30-40 javelin throwers at practically every training facility in Lahore.” I’ve seen young people from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the regions around the Pakistan-China border come to enquire about trials in Lahore in recent months. “What Neeraj has done for India, Arshad’s Olympic participation and his present record can accomplish for Pakistan,” said Bukhari.