Devendra Jhajharia Credits Mental Strength For Javelin World Record

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Perhaps India's greatest Paralympian Devendra Jhajharia said his ability to stay focused during the COVID pandemic helped him break his own world record in javelin. The 40-year-old, who has won two gold medals in the men's F-46 category at the Paralympics, sent the spear to a distance of 65.71m during the trials in Delhi on Wednesday. Jhajharia will represent India at the Tokyo Paralympics from August 24. He had won the gold at 2016 Rio Olympics with a new record.  (Video: SAI. Images: Twitter)  Follow this story and more: https://www.outlookindia.com/  #Sports #OutlookMagazine #OutlookGroup

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00:00 There is a plan in sports, and I would like to say that you have to take a pre-plan

00:09 that how to give performance till Olympics.

00:11 You have a training plan and a competition plan.

00:17 So, for the last 2-3 years, I didn't take any tour because of COVID, we were all worried.

00:24 So, it was important for us to be psychologically strong.

00:30 I faced COVID with strength, and we took care to avoid COVID.

00:38 We followed the proper rules.

00:40 And today I am happy because I broke the world record in the trial, which was 65.71.

00:48 I had a world record of 64. So, it was a happy moment for me to break the world record from 2 meters.

00:55 Hopefully, my target is 70 meters.

00:58 And I believe that I will try to give my best according to the training that is going on.

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