Overview
- Nadeem secured gold with an 83.05m throw on his second attempt at Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, with no other athlete surpassing 80m.
- Muhammad Yasir Sultan clinched silver at 76.04m on his final attempt, edging Nigeria’s Samuel Adams Kure, who took bronze with 76.01m.
- The 1–2 finish delivered Pakistan’s first gold and silver of these Games and lifted the country’s medal tally to four after two earlier boxing bronzes.
- Nadeem noted the winning mark was below his recent benchmarks and linked it to ongoing recovery, outlining a rehab plan to regain full fitness early next year.
- Longtime coach Salman Butt, who received a lifetime ban from national athletics authorities in October, accompanied the team to Riyadh after being cleared to travel.