Fans welcome Pakistan's Nadeem after winning Olympic Gold

Fans welcomed Pakistan javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem as he landed in Lahore after spearing a gold medal in the Paris games and setting a new Olympic record. Dozens of villagers gathered in front of the modest home of Pakistan athlete Arshad Nadeem to watch the hulking javelin thrower take part in the Olympic Games final late Thursday.

The event was broadcast live by a digital projector onto a screen hanging on the back of a truck in his farming village near the small city of Mian Channu in Punjab province. Despite practising with rickety equipment and with little access to the gyms and training grounds his international competitors have, Nadeem gave Pakistan its first Olympic gold medal in 40 years.