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Commonwealth Games 2018: Neeraj Chopra collects first CWG javelin gold for India with season's best campion

Gold Coast, Australia: Neeraj Chopra on Saturday became the first Indian javelin thrower to claim a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games (CWG), pulling off a season's best effort of 86.47m in the final at Gold Coast.
The 20-year-old former junior world champion had made the final after achieving the qualifying mark in his very first throw on Friday, and he was leaps ahead of the field on Saturday with his very first throw.
t is a very important medal for me, I wanted to touch my personal best but I missed it by a centimetre. In my desperation for that, I tried so hard that I tumbled over in my last two attempts. But I am very happy and I have lot of competitions this year to achieve the personal best," Neeraj said after his triumph.Neeraj was the favourite for gold at Gold Coast after his 85.94m throw during the Federation Cup National Championships last month and he achieved India's first gold in athletics in this edition of the Games.
The CWG field had been depleted after Olympics and world silver-medallist Julius Yego of Kenya failed to qualify for final round, while 2012 Olympic champion and Rio Games bronze-winner Keshorn Walcott opted out of the Games.
Neeraj, a gold-medallist at the Asian Championships, simply destroyed the competition with his very first attempt on Saturday which was 85.50m.
None in the field could surpass that till the very end and it was left to Neeraj to up the ante, which he did with a season's best throw of 86.47m in his fourth attempt. He consistently crossed the 82m mark in the final, fouling two attempts in all.
"It makes a lot of difference when you manage to get a first throw like that. It builds pressure on others. As for me, I was not under any pressure or nerves, I was well-prepared," he said.
The fun-loving youngster laughed when asked how he would celebrate the momentous occasion but did speak about the importance of letting one's hair down once in a while to escape stress.
"One shouldn't be too serious in life, it's good to be disciplined but you should not overdo food restrictions. A bit of enjoyment always works. One should have faith that their training is good enough. It's not healthy to just lock yourself in a room before a big competition," he advised.

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