NEW DELHI: Indian para-javelin throwers Bhavanaben Chaudhary and Navdeep Singh have praised Olympic and World Champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra for sparking interest in athletics in India following his gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Both athletes attribute increased attention in their sport to Chopra's achievements.
Bhavanaben competes in the F46 category, while Navdeep participates in the F41 category and is set to compete in the
Paris Paralympics
.
"Preparation has been nice and I would try my best to win a medal for the country. Participated in Para-Asian Games, I really performed well, finished at fourth and got to learn a lot. I threw well in the trials as well," Bhavanaben said.
"After Neeraj Chopra won the medal at the Olympics, people started to know about Javelin and started taking an interest in athletics," she added.
Navdeep, who competed in the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo, stated that Neeraj was the reason why I started playing the javelin throw.
"This is my second Paralympics and we are all excited to perform well in the
Paralympics
...I started playing Javelin in 2016 after watching Neeraj Chopra perform well. The Indian team is performing very well at the Paralympics and it is motivating us a lot," said Navdeep.
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