3 min readUpdated: Jul 26, 2026 06:32 PM IST Neeraj Chopra had long been considered a prodigy before the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, but it his gold there that first announced his pedigree at the highest level. He had won gold at the time with a throw of 86.47m. He then had to give Birmingham 2022 a miss due to injury. In the years since that CWG gold though, Neeraj established himself as arguably the greatest athlete India has ever produced, winning an Olympic gold and silver, and a gold and silver at the World Championships, both firsts for Indians. He has also won gold at the two consecutive Asian Games in 2018 and 2022. Through all those milestone medals, the 90m elluded Neeraj but he finally crossed that as well with a throw of 90.23m at the Doha Diamond League last year. Neeraj now says that while he would want to improve on that mark at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, the priority is to simply finish top of the …