We desperately need international competitions: Neeraj Chopra

Champion javelin thrower admits the hurdles to his Olympic dream keep nagging at the back of his mind

He broke onto the world stage with a record throw at the World junior athletics championships in 2016, his 86.48m good enough for an Olympic medal at Rio that year. Unfortunately, it came 12 days after the qualifying cut-off. Five years on, Neeraj Chopra remains India’s most consistent world-level athlete and a genuine medal prospect at Tokyo Olympics but the uncertainty around it has been frustrating for the youngster who admits the hurdles to his Olympic dream keep nagging at the back of his mind.