: Athletics: Neeraj Chopra on strong start to 2022 season – ‘Competing with a free mind, no pressure’ #IndiaNEWS Men’s javelin Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra ended his first appearance at the

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Athletics: Neeraj Chopra on strong start to 2022 season – ‘Competing with a free mind, no pressure’ #IndiaNEWS
Men’s javelin Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra ended his first appearance at the Diamond League in four years in second place, and just six centimetres short of hitting the 90m mark in competition for the first time. The 24-year-old rewrote the national record once again with a new personal best of 89.94m at the event in Stockholm, Sweden. In the few weeks after returning to action after the highs of the Tokyo Olympics, he has been in good form.Chopra threw 89.90m in his first event since Tokyo, at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Finland to set a new national record. He bettered that on Thursday to put himself in good stead ahead of the World Championships that starts in Eugene, Oregon on July 15.Here are excerpts from media interaction after his performance in the Stockholm Diamond League:How do you feel about your performance today? Did you expect to start off with 89.94m and how does it feel to get a new personal best and national record? Yes, absolutely. When Anderson Peters crossed 90 meters [earlier in the season] I thought, haan bhai karna hai. It’s just about making sure everything is perfect, make sure the technique is fine. Only if everything is perfect can the throw go that...Read more

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