"No 90m Pressure On Me": Neeraj Chopra After Becoming First Indian To Win Diamond League Finals

10.09.2022 - 08:17 sports.ndtv.com

Olympic gold medallist javelin thrower Chopra on Thursday achieved yet another historic feat as he became the first Indian to win the prestigious Diamond League Finals title in Zurich.

Hours after his latest feat in the Swiss city, the 24-year-old woke up to a posse of Indian scribes waiting to get a quote or two from the country's track & field elite during a virtual interaction.

One of the questions was on his off-season planning in the future. "Last year was a very new experience for me, balancing was difficult, but I learned from last season," Chopra said.

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