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00:03 The first and only Malaysian to win a gold medal in javelin at the Asian Games
00:08 did it without any coaching.
00:10 His name is Nashatar Singh Sidhu.
00:13 Recently crowned Tokoh Sukan,
00:16 Nashatar bravely challenged athletes from Japan and Pakistan
00:20 in the finals of the javelin throwing competition at the 1966 Asian Games.
00:25 The police officer was leading the game from the start.
00:29 In the fifth throw, Nashatar's javelin shot like a missile from his grasp
00:34 and charted 72.92 meters,
00:37 which was 4.68 meters further than second-placed Takeshi Ikeda of Japan.
00:42 He went on to become a double Olympian,
00:45 representing Malaysia in Tokyo in 1964 and Mexico in 1968.
00:51 But javelin was not the only sport Nashatar excelled at.
00:56 Nashatar made the Perak All-Blues rugby team
00:59 while he was working as a high court interpreter
01:02 and later became a regular for Perak, North Malaya and the national side,
01:06 which he represented until 1966.
01:09 On January 14, the 85-year-old was named Tokoh Sukan by the Malaysia Athletics Federation
01:16 for outstanding achievements as an athlete, national coach and administrator.
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