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India's double Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra said that he has identified his problem in the game and is looking to work on it at the earliest, as he is looking to clinch a second world championships gold medal, which will take place later this year.
Chopra, who is India's strong medal hope in the upcoming marquee event which will take place from September 13-21, will be training in Prague and Nymburk in the Czech Republic for 57 days.
India's javelin legend will be heading out with his physio, Ishan Marwah, on July 11 and will stay in the European country till September 5 at a total cost of Rs 19 lakh.
"I have already identified the areas I need to work on. While throwing the spear I tend to fall too much on my left side. We need to work on that. In training I don't do that, but in competition, it happens because of the extra effort I put in," Chopra told PTI.
The double Olympic medallist said he also needs to work on his consistency to hit the 90-mark more often.
"I have achieved 90m this year. But I need to be more consistent to achieve it more often. I am continuously around 88-89m, and my coach said he is happy, but I need to be more consistent," Chopra said during the launch of Under Armour store here.
Needless to say, his next big target is to finish on top of the podium at the World Athletics Championships.
"My next target is the world championships and I want to win there. Before the world championships, I will plan with my coach and see which event I can compete to best prepare for it," Chopra said.
Neeraj's last outing came in the inaugural edition of Neeraj Chopra Classic Javelin meet at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru, where he won the event with an 86.18m throw.
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