Double Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra has really assigned javelin toss story Jan Zelezny as his brand-new coach upfront of the 2025 interval. Neeraj’s veteran coach Dr Klaus Bartonietz these days decided to tip removed from the operate due to age. Neeraj has really appeared for Zelezny’s options after falling brief to break the 90m impediment for the final 5 years. Let’s take a look at Chopra’s accomplishments prior to now
Who is Jan Zelezny?
Zelezny is a earlier Czech skilled athlete that may be a World and Olympic champ and holds the globe doc with a toss of 98.48 m.
Zelezny is extensively pertained to by a number of as the very best javelin thrower of the modern-day sports activities interval, and he has the 4th, fifth and sixth best efficiencies of perpetuity. The 58-year-old broken the globe doc a complete quantity of 4 instances.
He was birthed in Mlada Boleslav,Czechoslovakia Zelezny received silver on the 1988 Olympics, and gold on the 1992, 1996 and 2000Olympics He moreover received the World Championship titles in 1993, 1995 and 2001.
He established the globe doc of 98.48 m, which he attained in 1996 and the
World C’ships doc of 92.80 m, landed in 2001. In 1997, he signed up over the 90m impediment 5 instances in a solitary fulfill. Until September 2020, he was the one skilled athlete to toss better than 95m with the brand-new form of javelin, which he did 3 instances all through his job.
He retired on September 19, 2006, after an occasion in Mlada Boleslav, the place he began his job. He is a earlier coach of Vitezslav Vesely and Barbora Spotakova.
Neeraj Chopra on coping with Jan Zelezny
Following the session, Neeraj acknowledged, “Growing up, I admired Jan’s technique and precision and spent a lot of time watching videos of him. He (Zelezny) was the best in the sport for so many years and I believe that working with him will be invaluable because our throwing styles are similar and his knowledge is unmatched,”.
