Neeraj Chopra speaks up for Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem, says ‘sports sabhi ko milke chalna sikhata hai’

Soon after Tokyo Olympics gold medallist Neeraj Chopra's statement Arshad Nadeem started trending on Twitter but this time for all the wrong reasons.

Tokyo Olympics gold medallist Neeraj Chopra tried to calm down the storm raised by his revelation in an interview that Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem had picked up his javelin ahead of the final. Social media was up in arms at this revelation, even blaming Nadeem for trying some underhand tactics to gain an edge over eventual champion Neeraj Chopra. The 23-year-old defended Arshad Nadeem’s action and claimed that it was well within the rules. “A huge deal has been made about Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem picking up my javelin before the men’s final at Tokyo Olympics. We can keep out personal javelin in the rack and any of the other athletes can use it as well – that’s the rule. There is nothing wrong in that because he was preparing for his throw and I was preparing for mine,” Neeraj Chopra said in a video posted on his social media account. mrii aap sbhii s vintii h kii mr comments ko apn gd ejddaa ko aag bddhaan kaa maadhym n bnaae / Sports hm sbko ekjtt hokr saath rhnaa sikhaataa h aur kmtt krn s phl khl k rls jaannaa jrrii hotaa h pic.twitter.com/RLv96FZTd2