Neeraj Chopra has arguably become India's greatest sportsman of all time, but the slightest reference makes the newly crowned world champion uncomfortable.
Known for his humility as well as his javelin, Chopra won the coveted world title with a throw of 88.17 meters in Budapest on Sunday night.

He is also the first Indian all-rounder to win an Olympic gold.

There is no doubt who is the greatest Indian athlete of all time, but the ever-modest Chopra does not want to get involved in the debate.

“I'll never say that, the greatest of all time. People say that just the World Championships gold is missing. I won it now but I have many things left to do and I will focus on that. I would not like to say this (greatest of all time).
"If you want to say greatest of all time, it would have to be like Jan Zelezny," he said in the context of world record holder in javelin.
Zelezny is the legendary Czech Republic javelin thrower, who holds the world record of 98.48m and won three Olympic and three World Championships gold. He is also Chopra's idol.



The World Championships are more difficult than the Olympics

The 25-year-old man considers the World Cup even more difficult than the Olympics.
"The Olympics were very special and the World Cup was a big title. Competitively, the World Cup is always more difficult than the Olympics. All the athletes come here prepared. "A lot of people came here from India and the support from the local people was also great. So the win is special."


He also praised teammates Kishore Kumar Jena and DP Manu, who both finished in the top eight.
"Kishore Jena and DP Manu also did very well (fifth and sixth respectively). Our athleticism is growing. But there is also a lot of work. I spoke to Adille Sir (President of AFI) about the Mondo tracks here and I hope we have it in India as well as here. We will do even better in the coming years,” Chopra