It's unbelievable: star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra
"It feels unbelievable," said star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra after his history-making gold in the Olympics on Saturday, claiming to have been unsure of a top podium finish despite a remarkably confident performance.
TOKYO: "It feels unbelievable," said star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra after his history-making gold in the Olympics on Saturday, claiming to have been unsure of a top podium finish despite a remarkably confident performance. Chopra had topped the qualification three days ago and did better than that in the finals as he produced a best throw of 87.58m to become only the second Indian to win individual gold in Olympics.
"It feels unbelievable. It is the first time India has won a gold in athletics, so I feel very good. We have just one gold here in other sports," the 23-year-old said after winning the historic gold.
Neeraj dedicated his medal to one of India's greatest athletes Milkha Singh, who passed away last month. "When we were in Kourtane, Milkha Singh ji passed away and I felt very bad. I did not meet him when he was alive and I wanted to meet him with an Olympic medal. Sadly, he's not among us but I hope he's seeing us from above and is happy (medal) that his dream has come true. Even other athletes like PT Usha and others who missed out on a medal by centimetres - I hope they're all happy." Agencies
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