The chances of Pakistan’s Olympic javelin champion Arshad Nadeem to compete at the Neeraj Chopra Classic in Bengaluru next month took a major hit after a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam on Tuesday took lives of at least 26 tourists.
Happening at the Sri Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru on May 24, the Neeraj Chopra Classic is first-of-a-kind one-day javelin event, to be named after an athlete. Neeraj is a two-time Olympic medallist in javelin – gold in Tokyo 2020 and silver in Paris 2024.
Along with other top javelin throwers in the world, Neeraj has personally invited Arshad to be a part of the event. “Yes, I have spoken to Arshad Nadeem. He said he would discuss it with his coach and confirm. But as of now, he hasn’t confirmed,” Neeraj told reporters.
But as it seems, the Pahalgam terror attack might have jeopardised Arshad’s first trip to India. Although Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khwaja Asif denied any involvement in the Pahalgam terror attack, The Resistance Front (TRF) has taken responsibility in the incident.
The TRF is a shadow group of banned Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror group.
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