India’s golden boy Neeraj Chopra is one of the best javelin throwers in the world right now. After being the reigning Olympic in Tokyo 2020, he became the World Champion in Budapest 2023.
Besides this, he also won the Asia Games Gold medal twice in 2018 and 2022. He also secured the silver medal at the 2022 World Championships in Eugene. Recently, he added another feather to his already glorious hat as he won the gold medal at the Paavo Nurmi Games 2024 athletics meet in Turku, Finland on June 18. It was the best throw of the night at 85.97m.
In May, Neeraj Chopra participated at the Federation Cup athletics meet in Bhubaneswar and grabbed the gold medal in his first competitive outing in India since 2021. In that tournament, Neeraj threw a distance of 82.27m to surpass Manu DP at the Kalinga Stadium in Odisha.
Neeraj Chopra Feels His Best Throw Is Yet To Come
While he has delivered many memorable performances, however, he still feels that is yet to reach the peak of his career.
Recently, Neeraj Chopra confessed that his throwback in 2016 remains the only throw that has satisfied him in his career so far.
Well, Neeraj Chopra was at his candid best during an interview with former Indian cricketer Dinesh Karthik on JioCinema’s ‘Get Set Gold.’ From sharing his off-track interests, and favorite movies to opening up about the important aspects of his game, Neeraj Chopra opened his heart in front of DK.
During the interview, Neeraj Chopra stressed how his throw in the World U20 Championships 2016, is the only throw he has been satisfied with. He had covered a distance of 86.48m with his throw in that particular event in 2016. Neeraj said:
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“To date, I am only satisfied with one throw of mine, which was 86.48m in the World Under-20 Championships 2016. That was one throw where I felt it was a special, unique one, but I have not been satisfied with any throw since. I feel I have not got to my peak yet; I have won gold and won a lot of competitions, but I still believe I have not reached my best and I am not satisfied with my throw yet.”
Neeraj also opened up about how he spent his time during the COVID-19 lockdown, sharing his favorite movies. He revealed:
“During the lockdown, I watched movies with the best IMDb ratings. So, there was The Shawshank Redemption, Forrest Gump, Cast Away, A Beautiful Mind, and The Pianist. I recently watched a movie, Society of the Snow. I would like to tell everyone to watch it. It makes me feel like our lives are much better.”
Neeraj Chopra will next be seen in action at the Paris Diamond League on July 7.
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