Coach Salman Butt hopes javelin star Arshad Nadeem will recover after ninth-place finish in Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

Arshad Nadeem, Pakistan’s Olympic gold‑medalist in javelin, ended the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow with a ninth‑place finish. He was the defending champion, having won gold in Birmingham 2022. The current coach, Salman Butt, said he hoped the athlete would stage a comeback. Butt told The Express Tribune that Arshad will return to the gym, where detailed plans will be revealed in two days. Nadeem’s fall to ninth came after failing to be among the top eight finalists in the 12‑man event, a step needed for the final three throws. He cited cold weather as affecting his body’s response. The athlete has previously secured medals at major championships: silver at the 2023 World Championships in Hungary and gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics with a Games‑record throw of 92.97 metres. In 2018 he earned bronze at the Asian Games in Indonesia and has points at Islamic Games and Asian Championships. He will compete next in September, first at the World Ultimate Athletics Championships in Budapest (11‑13 September) and then at the Asian Games in Aichi‑Nagoya, Japan (19 September‑4 October). No statements from the athlete confirmed the cold‑weather explanation, and the coach has remained tight‑lipped about current training plans.