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'Aura can make Neeraj undefeatable': Colin Jackson
Updated On: 15 December, 2023 07:20 AM IST | Mumbai | Ashwin Ferro
You should strive to achieve that type of greatness and that itself keeps you focused and motivated,” explained Jackson
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Colin Jackson; (right) India’s Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra. Pic/Getty Images
Two-time world champion hurdler Colin Jackson, 56, has no regrets over an Olympic gold medal missing from his trophy cabinet despite dominating the 100m hurdles scene in the 1990s. He believes that if something is not meant to be, it won’t happen—as simple as that.
“When you are a two-time world champion and world record holder, and you’ve had the longevity in the career that I’ve had, people do tend to ask why I didn’t win an Olympic gold. And I say, sometimes it just doesn’t fit. In my first Olympics [Seoul 1988], I won the silver because I was good enough for the silver, but in my second Games [Barcelona 1992], I was favourite to win gold, but I got injured. The same happened in 1996 and again in 2000. So, it wasn’t meant to be,” Welshman Jackson told mid-day over the phone from Kolkata in his capacity as Event Ambassador for Sunday’s Tata Steel Kolkata 25k.
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