LAHORE: Pakistan’s star javelin thrower Nadeem will leave Lahore for South Africa on Thursday for five weeks of training.
Arshad confirmed his departure in an interview with this reporter on Monday.
Arshad will be trained by world renowned trainer Terseus Liebenberg at the Northwestern University facility. Terseus was named the best coach of the past two decades by the South African Athletics Annual, South Africa’s athletics statistical publication for 2021-2022.
Arshad will train on May 15 before returning home. He will then focus on his development under local coach Salman Butt, who has spent the past few weeks rehabilitating and training at the Punjab Stadium.
Terseus has the best facilities in the world at his disposal and this is a golden opportunity for Arshad to learn some new things and further enrich his knowledge of the game. Paris Olympics is a big hope for Pakistan. In recent years, he has excelled at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and the Turkey Islamic Games, winning double gold within days. In Birmingham, he managed a record of 90.18m, which was also Arshad’s best effort.
Arshad recently underwent laser surgery on his right knee under Dr. Bajwa in Cambridge. He continues to keep an eye on Bajwa, who has accompanied Arsha to various international events in the past.
Coach Arshad Salman Butt told The News: “We have been working hard on rehabilitation.” “He’s starting to control the vertical throw. He’s not running yet and managing when he’s walking. “We’re going to slow down to give him enough time to heal.”
“We’re working on a different muscle. It’s a joint injury and the muscle structure that holds the joint together. The garden is also being repaired,” Butt said.
“I shared with Terseus where I work and told him that these things are fragile. “We have big equipment, big equipment and we can say that we have the most advanced spearhead center in the world,” he said.
“We didn’t have that system, so we faced challenges and everything was perfect and it was a good time for Arshad to train there,” Butt said. “When he comes back on May 15, he will continue training here and we will be there for six to seven weeks and if something happens we will definitely send him,” Butt said.
“Sometimes when we train hard, it causes fatigue and then you reduce the load because you need recovery, and if you don’t recover, you can’t perform and your technique starts to deteriorate. It works in a loop,” he said. When asked about accreditation for the Paris Olympics, he hoped it would be done.
