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Neeraj Chopra: India's javelin ace aims for Commonwealth gold

In 2018, Neeraj Chopra won the men's javelin at the Commonwealth Games. He tells Lee James how that medal changed his life - and Indian sport.

In 2018, Neeraj Chopra won javelin gold at the Commonwealth Games. It was the first major senior victory of his career, and he followed it up with gold at the Olympics and World Championships.

More than the Score's Lee James talks to Neeraj about the medal that changed his life, and the effect it's had on Indian sport.

Neeraj also discusses this year's Commonwealth Games, where he's facing a field packed with Olympic and world champions, including Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem, Kenya's Julius Yego and Keshorn Walcott of Trinidad and Tobago - and explains why he's learned important lessons about listening to his body.

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