American astronaut Neil Armstrong when he placed his foot on the surface of moon for the first time said “That is one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”. I am reminded of this historical utterance as I see a javelin soars to the skies and lands at a distance that has never been achieved before in such a throw.

My version of this would be “A small throw by Arshad, a giant leap for Pakistani sports”. A young man by his determination and undaunted spirit launched not only the javelin to claim his rightful place on the victory stand but suddenly breathed a new life into Pakistani sports that had all but been relegated to the back benches after the poor and woefully dismal performance of our cricket team.

This young man’s historical achievement proved beyond a shadow of doubt that there is no dearth of talent in this country and all that stands between us and claiming our rightful place in the field of sports is vested interest, bureaucratic interference and plague of favoritism.

Arshad has proved in no uncertain way that the country is ripe with talent not only........

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