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Two Indians javelin throwers will join 90m club in future, says world champion Neeraj Chopra

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Two Indians Javelin Throwers Will Join 90m Club In Future, Says World Champion Neeraj Chopra

By IANS News October 11, 2023 • 19:06 PM View: 599

Budapest World Athletics Championship: World and Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra on Wednesday said domestic competition in javelin throw will be more exciting in future.

The 25-year old Indian star javelin thrower categorically pointed towards Odisha’s rising javelin thrower and Asian Games silver medalist Kishore Kumar Jena.

“In future I see two Indian javelin throwers joining the 90m club,” Chopra said on the sidelines of a felicitation ceremony of the Asian Games athletics contingent by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI).

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