KARACHI: Olympic gold-winning Pakistani javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem has revealed that he still hasn't fully recovered from a calf surgery that he underwent in July this year despite competing in two major events since then.

Nadeem won a gold medal in the Islamic Solidarity Games in Riyadh recently after a disappointing 10th-place finish in the September World Championships in Tokyo.

"It gives me satisfaction that I could win another gold medal for my country and I am always grateful to Almighty Allah for his blessings but I am yet to get over the disappointment of the World Athletics Championships in September," he said.

"I won gold here (Riyadh) but the recovery from surgery kept me from giving my best. A throw of 83.05m is not up to my standards as Olympic champion," he added while

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