: After Tokyo 2020 gold medal, javelin star Neeraj Chopra now aims to break Olympic record #IndiaNEWS Star Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra on Wednesday said that he has set his sights on breaking

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After Tokyo 2020 gold medal, javelin star Neeraj Chopra now aims to break Olympic record #IndiaNEWS
Star Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra on Wednesday said that he has set his sights on breaking the Olympic record to go with his gold medal winning feat at the Tokyo Games.Neeraj, who has a personal best of 88.07m metres, clinched the historic gold with a throw of 87.58m in his second attempt at Tokyo Games.The Olympic record stands at 90.57m set by Andreas Thorkildsen in Beijing 2008 and Neeraj said it would be great to add one more feather to his cap.“An Olympic gold medal is the ultimate. But in athletics, you can add one more thing to your gold medal – an Olympic record,� the 23-year-old said during his first trip to Kolkata after becoming the first ever Indian to win an Olympics gold in athletics.“I have the national record standing at 88.07 metres, while the Olympic record is 90.57. If I can go a step further then it would be an Olympic gold with a personal best and an Olympic record,� he said about his target.Neeraj is in Kolkata on a two-day visit for a private felicitation programme as he was honoured by the Kolkata Police.“I’m meeting new people everyday, attending so many functions. The biggest change I see is for the Olympic...Read more

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