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Arshad Sharif revealed that he had sustained two injuries prior to the Olympics but did not tell anyone.
A ceremony was hosted for him by The Governor of Khyber Pakhtun Khawan in the Governor House of Peshawar. Talking there, he revealed that he sustained two injuries before going to the Olympics. He said, “We had to depart on 24 July, but i had an injury on 21 July, but i did not told anyone about it, except two people, my doctor and my coach”.
He said that, when he departed for Paris, he was praying all the way there and also upon reaching there, to Allah to make him fit, so he could perform better. He also said, “We normally throw 30-40 javelins in a single training session. But, before a day of finale in olympics, i had throw only 3 just to avoid any injury”.
