New Delhi, April 11 : Tokyo Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra remarked that while he's often questioned about reaching the 90m throw, he suggested that maybe his compatriot Kishor Jena would achieve the mark before him.

Jena, a rising javelin throw star, won silver with his personal best throw of 87.54m at the Asian Games last year, finishing behind Neeraj who reclaimed the gold. For the first time in the history of the Asian Games, Chopra and Kishore Kumar Jena made it a javelin one-two in Hangzhou 2023.

With his silver-winning throw at Asiad, Jena has breached the Paris Olympic qualification mark of 85.50m.

During the virtual media interaction, when asked about Jena's resurgence at the international stage and having two Indian Javelin throwers competing at the World level, Neeraj hailed his compatriot and said it would be a dream come true if there were two Indians on the podium at the Olympics.

"It would be a dream come true if we had two Indians on the podium in Paris. Who knows, there might be more than two as well. We already had two on the podium at the Asian Games... but it would be even more satisfying if we had two at the Olympics. I think Jena will be working hard to make that happen. I think he will throw well there.