New Delhi: It’s been only three days since Neeraj Chopra’s historic gold-winning effort at the Tokyo Olympics, and barely 24 hours after his arrival in India. But the country’s star javelin thrower has already set his sights on his next target – the World Championships title next year.
Responding to a TOI query on his next aim, Neeraj said that he would like to emulate long-jumper Anju Bobby George’s feat of winning a medal at the Worlds, even bettering her show by finishing on the top of the podium. Anju, who had secured a fifth-place finish at the Athens Olympics, holds the distinction of being the only Indian track and field athlete to clinch a medal at the World Championships – a bronze at the 2003 edition in Paris.
“I have already won gold at the CWG (Gold Coast 2018) and Asian Games (Jakarta 2018) and now an Olympic gold in Tokyo. So my next target is to win gold at the World Championships next year,” Neeraj told TOI during a felicitation function organised by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) here on Tuesday.
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