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Olympic champ Neeraj returns to training

October 21, 2021 00:06 IST

Neeraj Chopra returned to training following his historic javelin gold at the Tokyo Games on August 7

IMAGE: Neeraj Chopra returned to training following his historic javelin gold at the Tokyo Games on August 7. Photograph: Neeraj Chopra/Instagram

Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has returned to training at the NIS-Patiala more than two months after he clinched a historic gold at the Tokyo Olympics in August.

 

Chopra, who became only the second Indian individual Olympic gold winner and first ever top podium finisher in athletics, was on a break after his historic feat on August 7 in Tokyo.

“Returned to training this week with the same hunger and desire as before. A #throwback to the beginning of the last Olympic cycle is a good place to start! Thank you to everyone for your messages of support,” he tweeted on Wednesday.

The 23-year-old Chopra, who had won an Olympic gold with a throw of 87.58m, had said that his next target would be to win a medal in the World Championships in the US next year.

He also recently said that he would want to continue training with German bio-mechanics expert Klaus Bartonietz for the 2024 Paris Olympics. 

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