"Crossing the 90m mark will put me in the list of the world’s best throwers”: Neeraj Chopra to beat his own record
Xtra Time Web Desk: The Olympic gold medalist, Neeraj Chopra aims to cross his own record to 90m for quite some time now. His phenomenal performance in Tokyo Olympics gave India a historic win with a throw of 87.58m.
“Medal is one thing, distance is another. Crossing the 90m mark will put me in the list of the world’s best throwers,” Neeraj said during a virtual media interaction.
“I am close to it and can hit the mark soon, but I don’t think about too much. But there is no pressure on me that if I don’t reach the mark then ‘gadbad ho jaega’.”
Neeraj is confident enough to achieve his goal with few changes in his techniques.
“The gap is of about 2m. It’s not too less also but I don’t think it’s impossible because my training is good. I don’t think about it much but it’s a barrier that I’d like to breach this year. No major changes in my technique, I’ll need to improve what I am already doing. I’ll also look to work on explosive strength, core strength and speed as these factors will add up and the distance will be covered,” he added.
