{"id":881,"date":"2026-08-12T13:16:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T13:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/?p=881"},"modified":"2026-08-12T13:16:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T13:16:00","slug":"why-has-pakistans-arshad-nadeem-decided-to-skip-lausanne-diamond-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/?p=881","title":{"rendered":"Why has Pakistan\u2019s Arshad Nadeem decided to skip Lausanne Diamond League?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-133183879,imgsize-112153,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/arshad-nadeem-afp-photo.jpg\" alt=\"Why has Pakistan\u2019s Arshad Nadeem decided to skip Lausanne Diamond League?\" title=\"Arshad Nadeem (AFP Photo)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Arshad Nadeem (AFP Photo)\">Arshad Nadeem (AFP Photo)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/pakistan\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pakistan<\/a>\u2019s Olympic javelin champion Arshad Nadeem will not compete at the Lausanne Diamond League this month as he shifts his focus towards his next major international competitions, including the Asian Games in Japan.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>His coach, Salman Butt, said Nadeem is currently training in Lahore and is waiting for his visa before travelling to South Africa. There, he will spend around two weeks training in Potchefstroom with his coach Terseus Liebenberg and local trainers.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/>\u201cHe has decided against competing in the Diamond League meet this month as he wants to be ready for the Asian Games,\u201d Butt said, as quoted by news agency PTI.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3>Arshad Nadeem chooses training over Lausanne meet<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>Nadeem was due to compete in Lausanne on August 21 alongside some of the world\u2019s leading javelin throwers, including India\u2019s Neeraj Chopra, Germany\u2019s Julian Weber and Grenada\u2019s Anderson Peters.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>However, the 28-year-old has opted to miss the event and instead use the South Africa camp to improve his preparations. Potchefstroom is a familiar training base for Nadeem, who previously trained there before the 2022 Commonwealth Games and the 2024 Olympics, winning gold at both events.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>The decision comes after a difficult year for the Pakistani star. He has struggled at two international competitions and faced criticism after finishing ninth in the recent Commonwealth Games final in Glasgow.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3>What\u2019s next for Nadeem?<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>Nadeem failed to make the top eight in Glasgow, while Sri Lanka\u2019s Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage won with a throw of 89.75 metres. Chopra and Yash Vir Singh finished second and third, respectively, giving India its first-ever one-two finish on the javelin podium at the Commonwealth Games.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>After his South Africa training stint, Nadeem is expected to compete at the World Athletics Ultimate Championships in Budapest from September 6 to 14, before turning his attention to the Asian Games.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/more-sports\/athletics\/why-has-pakistans-arshad-nadeem-decided-to-skip-lausanne-diamond-league\/articleshow\/133183215.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arshad Nadeem (AFP Photo) Pakistan&rsquo;s Olympic javelin champion Arshad Nadeem will not compete at the Lausanne Diamond League this month as he shifts his focus towards his next major international competitions, including the Asian Games in Japan.His coach, Salman Butt, said Nadeem is currently training in Lahore and is waiting for his visa before travelling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":882,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-16"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}