Unicaus NEWS
Animesh Kujur | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
The 25-year-old completed second behind Arshad Nadeem on the ultimate day on the Asian Athletics Championships however insisted his goal stays qualifying for the World Championships.
“There had been some errors made and I couldn’t prepare as a lot as I needed due to ankle and shoulder accidents. I’m not very happy however am comfortable to return with a medal. I’ll now return, work onerous and attempt to get higher throws within the subsequent competitions,” Sachin mentioned in an interplay from Gumi, South Korea.
“My physique was a bit proper to start with, I used to be unable to really feel the rhythm and get my actions clean. I even took assist from Yashveer Singh in between to calm down my muscle groups slightly and it felt higher within the final two throws,” he admitted.
Animesh Kujur, who additionally set a brand new nationwide report of 20.32s within the 200m, breaking his personal earlier mark set final month, too tried to take motivation from his efficiency however wasn’t too comfortable.
“I knew it could be onerous right here as a result of there have been quicker athletes competing and I used to be assured I may higher my time if I may stick with them.
“I at all times thought my begin isn’t good however I didn’t t let that have an effect on me negatively. At the curve, I felt I used to be in place and tried to keep up that until the end. But I wasn’t very comfortable throughout the medal ceremony as a result of getting the gold and having the nationwide anthem performed is a unique feeling medal ceremony,” he shrugged.
Published – May 31, 2025 08:53 pm IST
