Stronger, faster, fiercer, finer. That's what the Olympics promise us — higher performance, new world records. But not if you throw things. The javelin throw has been an Olympic event since 1908 ...

When he picked up a javelin for the first time in 2011, he wasn’t exactly dreaming of the Olympics. “I didn’t know what I was doing,” he said. As he messed around and took advice from ...

Pakistan partied late into the night after javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem won the country’s first ever track and field medal with an Olympic record throw of 92.97 meters to take gold in Paris.

In javelin, Arshad Nadeem wins Pakistan’s first individual Olympic medal and receives it alongside silver medalist Neeraj Chopra of India.

People celebrate Pakistani Arshad Nadeem's javelin throw gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics, in Khanewal District of Punjab province, Pakistan, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024.

Olympic javelin gold medalist Arshad Nadeem has received a total of 250 million rupees ($897,000) as Pakistan continues to celebrate his record-breaking throw at the Paris Games.