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Neeraj Chopra after Lisbon win: I was in training mode

Updated on: 12 June,2021 09:00 AM IST  |  New Delhi
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Neeraj Chopra, 23, made a promising start to his Olympic preparations with a decent 83.18m which he achieved in his sixth and final throw in the Lisbon event on Thursday. It was his first competition in more than a year.

Neeraj Chopra after Lisbon win: I was in training mode

India’s Neeraj Chopra

Olympic-bound star Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra on Friday said his 83.18m gold-winning effort in the Lisbon event was achieved in training mode, adding that he will take his performance up a notch in the upcoming international meets. Chopra, 23, made a promising start to his Olympic preparations with a decent 83.18m which he achieved in his sixth and final throw in the Lisbon event on Thursday. It was his first competition in more than a year.


“We knew beforehand who are competing in this event in Lisbon and my coach told me to compete in training mode and not to go 100 per cent,” Chopra said. 


“I had very less time for the competition [in Lisbon] and it was taken like a training case. In the next events, competition will be tougher and I will give more effort,” he added.


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