Like Arshad Nadeem Getting Buffalo as Gift, Neeraj Chopra Recalls Being Presented Desi Ghee

Arshad Nadeem has received cash awards and other valuable prizes after he became Pakistan’s first track and field athlete to clinch an Olympic gold medal in the men’s javelin throw final at Paris 2024.

Arshad Nadeem’s father-in-law had also gifted the champion javelin thrower with a buffalo.

During an interaction with the press, organised by JSW Sports, Neeraj Chopra was asked if he had received any such unique gifts after his gold medal win.

“I was gifted desi ghee once. Back home in Haryana also we get things like these as gifts: 10 kilo desi ghee or 50 kilos of desi ghee. Or ladoos,” Neeraj Chopra said

There are promises made: ‘If Neeraj wins this competition, I’ll give him 50 kgs of ghee.’ I would hear these things being said since I was kid, this was when circle kabaddi and wrestling were really popular. Ghee is gifted because we believe that it helps increase strength, which we need in our sport. Buffalos are also gifted in our region. Wrestlers and kabaddi players are also gifted things like Bullet motorbikes or tractors,” he added.

Nadeem was also asked about the gift, during a recent interaction with the media.

“She (his wife) told me, I said buffalo? He should have given me 5-6 acres of land but buffalo is also fine. By God’s grace, he is so rich and he gave a buffalo,” he said.

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Neeraj did not travel to India after the conclusion of the 2024 Paris Olympics but moved base to Magglingen in Switzerland. He has started training as he announced that he will be back in action at the Lausanne Diamond League.

The 26-year-old javelin thrower had posted an Instagram story where he can be seen exercising with a medicine ball.

“My mother sometimes sees these videos and tells me to train lightly. She can’t see me put myself under so much pain. But I tell her, if I ease up on hard work, others will overtake me in competition,” he said.