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Russian Expert To Oversee India’s Elite Javelin Throw Programme For 2025 World Championships
Eugene World Athletics Championships: Country’s leading javelin throwers including double Olympic Games medallist Neeraj Chopra and top female athlete Annu Rani will have an opportunity to get coaching tips from Russian javelin expert Makarov Sergey Aleksandrovich as they gear up for the upcoming 2025 World Athletics Championships.
The 51-year-old Aleksandrovich, winner of multiple global medals, including bronze at the 2000 Sydney and 2004 Athens Games, has been appointed keeping in mind the next Olympic Games cycle, chief national coach Radhakrishnan Nair said on Tuesday. “The Russian javelin throw expert arrived earlier this week and will be based at Patiala’s National Institute of Sports in Punjab,” Nair said. “Aleksandrovich’s vast experience as an athlete and coach will surely give a fillip to the development of javelin throw in the country.”
At the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, India’s ace javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra added a silver medal to his kitty of gold won at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
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