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Chopra had broken his own national record with a throw of 88.07m in Patiala in the Indian Grand Prix 3 in March.

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"I feel that I need that thing. Due to injury in 2019 got wasted and 2020 and 2021 have been wasted due to Covid-19," he elaborated.

Competing for the first time in more than a year, Chopra hurled the spear to a distance of 88.07cm in his fifth attempt to obliterate his earlier national record of 88.06m