Watch: Neeraj Chopra mimics his Olympic javelin throw underwater

India’s first Olympic gold medallist in athletics Neeraj Chopra thinks of his javelin even when he’s underwater. Neeraj, who’s at present vacationing in Maldives, posted a video of himself shadow practising javelin throw underwater with a caption that stated, “Aasman par, zameen pe, ya underwater, I’m always thinking of the javelin!.”

Aasman par, zameen pe, ya underwater, I’m all the time pondering of the javelin!
PS: Training shuru ho gayi hai 💪🏽 pic.twitter.com/q9aollKaJx
— Neeraj Chopra (@Neeraj_chopra1) October 1, 2021
Neeraj may be seen having fun with underwater and performing the motion of throwing a javelin, fairly just like the one which received him the elusive gold. The 23-year-old additionally shared a few images from his Maldives vacation in his Instagram tales, considered one of which exhibits him having fun with his “healthy breakfast with a view”.

Alarms off, trip mode on. 😉 #Maldives pic.twitter.com/1coTi50GyK
— Neeraj Chopra (@Neeraj_chopra1) September 29, 2021
More than half a century after Milkha Singh appeared again for a fraction of a second and 37 years after PT Usha forgot to dip on the end line leading to heart-breaking fourth-place finishes, the fantastic flight of Neeraj Chopra’s javelin gave the nation its first-ever observe and discipline medal, a gold in Tokyo 2020.
The Haryana boy didn’t simply win a gold medal, flinging the javelin a staggering 87.58m to prime the charts in Tokyo, however vaulted himself into historical past books. The gold, a historic first for the nation in observe and discipline, the second for a person ever and the primary since Abhinav Bindra’s in 2008, would additionally guarantee India’s richest-ever tally.
Such has been the influence of Neeraj’s success that standard sports activities academies, just like the Chhatrasal Stadium in Delhi, are clocking a rush of latest enrollments. An Olympian says he’s getting “at least half-a-dozen text messages every day” from newbies asking about coaches. And retailers are delivery in additional tools. Neeraj Chopra’s historic gold on the Tokyo Olympics in August has triggered a javelin surge on the grassroots.