<p class="title">The list of Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra's admirers has grown with reigning world champion Johannes Vetter predicting a bright future for the Commonwealth Games gold medallist.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After winning gold at Gold Coast Games with his second career-best throw of 86.47m, the 20-year-old Neeraj has said that he would like to join the '90m club' soon.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"He (Neeraj) is really young. He is able to throw between 88 and 90m, this year of course," Vetter, who has a personal best of 94.44m, was quoted as saying by the 'Olympic Channel'.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Neeraj is competing against Vetter in the season-opening leg of the Diamond League series in Doha. The star-studded field includes Olympic champion Thomas Rohler and Rio Olympics silver medallist Julius Yego of Kenya, besides Vetter.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Neeraj's personal best stands at 86.48m, that won him gold at the U-20 World Championships in 2016 in Bydgoszcz (Poland), which is also the existing world junior record.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Only 18 athletes have ever thrown over 90m, including six who are still in action -- Yego, Vetter, Rohler, Tero Pitkomaki, Andreas Hoffman and Asian record holder Chao Tsun Cheng.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, none of these stars had inched past 80m in their teens -- a fact that is not lost on Yego.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It’s possible (for Neeraj to throw 90m). He is a great talent and has a great, bright future. He has the qualities of becoming an elite thrower. He already holds the world junior record. He is way ahead of me," said Yego.</p>.<p class="bodytext">If Neeraj, who now trains under world record holder Uwe Hohn, hits 90m, he would be the youngest thrower to go past the javelin gold standard.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A fresh challenger from a 'non-javelin' nation gives his sport a welcome boost of energy, according to Vetter, who competed alongside Neeraj earlier in the season in Offenberg, Germany, where the Indian had a three-month stint before the CWG.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Javelin is going more and more all over the world… There are a lot of young guys who are trying this and have good potential in Africa, Asia, and I think it is developing each year," said Vetter. </p>
<p class="title">The list of Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra's admirers has grown with reigning world champion Johannes Vetter predicting a bright future for the Commonwealth Games gold medallist.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After winning gold at Gold Coast Games with his second career-best throw of 86.47m, the 20-year-old Neeraj has said that he would like to join the '90m club' soon.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"He (Neeraj) is really young. He is able to throw between 88 and 90m, this year of course," Vetter, who has a personal best of 94.44m, was quoted as saying by the 'Olympic Channel'.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Neeraj is competing against Vetter in the season-opening leg of the Diamond League series in Doha. The star-studded field includes Olympic champion Thomas Rohler and Rio Olympics silver medallist Julius Yego of Kenya, besides Vetter.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Neeraj's personal best stands at 86.48m, that won him gold at the U-20 World Championships in 2016 in Bydgoszcz (Poland), which is also the existing world junior record.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Only 18 athletes have ever thrown over 90m, including six who are still in action -- Yego, Vetter, Rohler, Tero Pitkomaki, Andreas Hoffman and Asian record holder Chao Tsun Cheng.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, none of these stars had inched past 80m in their teens -- a fact that is not lost on Yego.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It’s possible (for Neeraj to throw 90m). He is a great talent and has a great, bright future. He has the qualities of becoming an elite thrower. He already holds the world junior record. He is way ahead of me," said Yego.</p>.<p class="bodytext">If Neeraj, who now trains under world record holder Uwe Hohn, hits 90m, he would be the youngest thrower to go past the javelin gold standard.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A fresh challenger from a 'non-javelin' nation gives his sport a welcome boost of energy, according to Vetter, who competed alongside Neeraj earlier in the season in Offenberg, Germany, where the Indian had a three-month stint before the CWG.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Javelin is going more and more all over the world… There are a lot of young guys who are trying this and have good potential in Africa, Asia, and I think it is developing each year," said Vetter. </p>