India’s Golden Boy Neeraj Chopra said that he doesn’t take into account himself the best of all time as he has many throws left and loads to show. The 25-year-old made the complete nation proud after he gained the gold medal within the javelin throw occasion of the World Athletics Championships on Sunday in Budapest. Neeraj defeated Pakistan Arshad Nadeem after recording a distance of 88.17m and 87.73m. With this win, he turned the primary Indian to clinch a gold medal on the prestigious occasion.

On being requested about how he felt after profitable the gold medal, Neeraj stated that he managed his tears and would look to ship a greater efficiency than this in his subsequent try.

“Thought I would get emotional however did not cry. I have a tendency to regulate myself emotionally however these are proud moments and the adrenaline is such that you find yourself crying generally. Hopefully, I am going to throw higher subsequent time and cry with you all. Even after the second throw immediately, I used to be considering that I ought to be pushing myself extra as I used to be feeling that a greater throw would come,” stated Neeraj instructed NDTV.

“However, the sort of strain these conditions convey. Be it approach or pace, one thing falls behind. The restoration time between the qualifiers and the ultimate was additionally simply in the future. It was additionally a giant issue. I all the time inform myself that I’ve to push myself until the final throw,” he added.

After claiming the historic feat, Neeraj spoke to the reporters and referred to as world report holder Jan Zelezny the best athlete of all time in javelin throw.

“I will not say I’m the best of all time. I’ve to enhance extra. The best of all time is Jan Zelezny in relation to the javelin,” Chopra stated.

“The most important factor is I nonetheless have many extra throws in me and the saying goes that ‘throwers do not have a ending line’. So I can push myself, it’s motivation to see what number of medals one can win. Successful medals doesn’t imply now we have achieved all the pieces. There are such a lot of athletes who’ve gained a number of medals. So I’ll push myself rather more and work more durable,” he added.