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Eventually Neeraj Chopra achieved 90 meters mark. Neeraj threw 90.23 meters in the Doha Diamond League on Friday night. The milestone he had been trying for the last 8 years to achieve. After achieving it, he said- ‘More 90 meters throw is coming in this season.’
Exactly 9 months 7 days before today, on 9 August 2024, Neeraj said after winning the silver in the Paris Olympics- ‘Today was not my day. I felt that today is the day when a throw of 90 meters would come, but God had some acceptance. ‘ In such a situation, the question arises as to how Neeraj crossed the 90 meter barrier in 9 months and 7 days. Read in the story …
Why is 90 meter mark special?
This spear reflects a particular standard of throwing, the measure of a player’s performance and achievement. This is a figure that is considered a symbol of excellence in the javelin throw. This is such a distance, which is not just a matter of everyone.
Its specialty can be gauged from the fact that in the history so far, only 25 Javelin thrower around the world can achieve it. Not only this, there are only 3 players in Asia, who have been able to get a mark of 90 meters. Apart from Neeraj, these include Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan and Chinese Taipei Chao-Tsun Cheng. Before the 2024 Olympics, Cheng was able to do this feat.
How did Neeraj cross the 90 meter mark?
1. Training from John Jelanny who made world records Neeraj decided to take training from the world record holder of his event from John Jylgeri. He made the Jehanlangi of the Czech Republic his coach in November 2024. However, both of them started coaching in the month of February. The name of Jelanny is the world record of spear throw, which he made in 1996 by throwing a 98.48 meter javelin. He has won the gold medal in three Olympics.
Neeraj’s coach took retirement after the Paris Olympics. Neeraj won the gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 at the coaching of German biomacionics specialist Dr. Claus Bartonitz. After that he also won the silver medal in Paris. Meanwhile, Neeraj continued to win medals in a tournament like Diamond League, World Championship, but could not get 90 meters mark.
2. The new coach told mistakes, also made technical changes Neeraj had said in an interview that coach Jylillas had told him 2 shortcomings by watching Videos of Paris Olympic. He also made some changes in Neeraj’s technology, which was mentioned by Neeraj in an interview.
- They were throwing a spear at the Paris Olympics, so that the throw was not going away.
- They were bending to their left while throwing the javelin. Due to which there was not much force.
3. The doctor told by Jylgeri got treatment After joining Jeanlahney, Neeraj consulted the doctor mentioned by Jelanny for his waist injury. Neeraj said in an interview, ‘I was not able to give 100 percent in my technology due to my injury. I went to the doctor of Jylgeri in Prague and told some exercises.
Neeraj was troubled by a back injury for a long time. He admitted that he could not perform his best in the Paris Olympics due to injury. After winning the silver, Neeraj had said- ‘I think I could throw a more distance in the finals. Even though I was mentally ready, my body was retreating due to the fear of growing my back injury. I was struggling with a runup on the track in Stad de France, due to which I had many Atmt foul.
4. Marriage in haste for training, reception also postponed Neeraj Chopra had to get married in a hurry to start his training. Not only this, the reception also had to be postponed. Neeraj had told a channel on the question of his secret marriage- ‘I had to train, because of this, she got married in a hurry.’
Neeraj had said- it is not that no one was aware of my marriage. Many people were aware, including family and close friends. We wanted to invite everyone in a good way. It was such a time that I had to start training. My competition season was about to begin. It was earlier that I would start training after the season, but still it would take a long time to call everyone.
Neeraj married Sonepat’s tennis player Himani More on 16 January. Then went to America for honeymoon. Fans got information about this from Neeraj’s social media post.
Finally know what Neeraj said?
My best performance is yet to come After throwing more than 90 meters, Neeraj Chopra said in a press conference in Doha that his best performance is yet to come. Fans can expect 90 meters and throw from them this year.
Neeraj said-
I am very happy to achieve 90 meters mark. However, it was a sour-sweet experience. My coach told me that I can cross 90 meters today. The wind helped and the weather also helped.
Taking forward his point, Neeraj said-
I think I can throw more than this in upcoming competitions. We will work on some things and then cross 90 meters in this season.
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