How a phone call to his father stopped India’s new javelin star
The athlete was despondent after a string of poor results and wanted to quit the sport, before his Dad asked him to give it one more shot, resulting in Asiad silver and Paris Olympics berth
f not for some timely advice from his father over the phone at 3 am in July, Kishore Kumar Jena would have quit javelin even before the world could appreciate his talent.
Jena caught the eye of athletics followers when he took the lead in the Asian Games competition, forcing Olympic and World Champion Neeraj Chopra to dig deep and produce his best throw of the season to seal another gold medal.
f not for some timely advice from his father over the phone at 3 am in July, Kishore Kumar Jena would have quit javelin even before the world could appreciate his talent.
Jena caught the eye of athletics followers when he took the lead in the Asian Games competition, forcing Olympic and World Champion Neeraj Chopra to dig deep and produce his best throw of the season to seal another gold medal.
f not for some timely advice from his father over the phone at 3 am in July, Kishore Kumar Jena would have quit javelin even before the world could appreciate his talent.
Jena caught the eye of athletics followers when he took the lead in the Asian Games competition, forcing Olympic and World Champion Neeraj Chopra to dig deep and produce his best throw of the season to seal another gold medal.