The 20-year-old Neeraj Chopra, the first Indian to bag javelin gold at Asian Games, trained himself the sport by looking at Videos of world record holder Jan Zelezny on YouTube.
Neeraj threw the javelin to a distance of 88.06m to break his previous national record of 87.43m and bag the Asiad gold.
He had also won the Commonwealth Games gold this year.
He was the 2016 IAAF World U20 Champion and holds world junior record setting 86.48 m at the U20 championships.
Neeraj Chopra was selected as the flagbearer at the opening ceremony for India at the 2018 Asian Games, which also marks his first Asian Games appearance
Neeraj also represents India at the IAAF Diamond League.
