"He is the first splash on a blank canvas, the first flick of a torchlight into the abyss. If ever an athletics legacy will be built - though don't hold your breath - it will start with him."

From Osman's article: https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/40801739/paris-olympics-2024-pakistan-gold-medal-javelin-all-hail-improbable-arshad-nadeem-first-maybe-last-kind

We try our best to capture the unprecedented nature of Arshad Nadeem's Olympic record shattering moment.

0:00 Arshad Nadeem's Gold medal - Pakistan's greatest sporting achievement?
5:24 Overcoming obstacles - Arshad's remarkable journey
9:20 Ya Ali and the folk-hero
15:07 The institutional obstacles for Pakistnai athletes
20:49 Earning money in non-traditional careers in Pakistan
27:50 India's sporting industrial complex
40:00  The realities Arshad deals with
43:30 The world's reactions
48:50 The magic of the Olympics
51:00 The magical last throw

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