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Rajindra Campbell wants world indoor title
January 24, 2025
Jamaica's men's shot put national record holder Rajindra Campbell has signalled his intent for glory at the 2025 Nanjing World Athletics Indoor Championships in March.
Buoyed by the success of winning his first international medal at the Paris Olympic Games last year, Campbell is eyeing further accolades with the World Indoors on the horizon.
Campbell made history as he became the first Jamaican man to medal in the Olympic shot put final, winning bronze with a distance of 22.15 metres.
Reflecting on his achievement as he prepares for the new season, Campbell said his history-making feat has been the highlight of his career.
"When you're in the moment, you tend to just really live in that moment. Now that I can sit back and really look back at what happened, I realise how much of a leap Jamaica's track and field has made," he reminisced.
"To be a part of that success is a wonderful feeling, and I'm just looking to the future for more and better results."
Campbell has seen a meteoric rise in his career over the past few years, after catching headlines in 2023 when he became the first Jamaican to break the 22-metre barrier in the men's shot put.
His distance of 22.22 shattered O'Dayne Richards' previous mark of 21.96, which was set in 2017.
The record was a staggering improvement for Campbell, whose previous best was 21.31m.
Campbell would continue his record-breaking form when he broke his own national record, launching a new standard of 22.31 in September last year.
As he prepares now for the 2025 season, Campbell hopes to achieve a goal he had missed out on last year.
"You approach each year with goals, and the goals that I had for last year, I didn't get to achieve one of them, which was the indoors title," he told STAR Sports.
"I'll be going again for it this year, that's the first push for this season. That's in March in China and we'll see how it goes after that."
He is feeling confident, as he stated he has seen positive results from his training so far.
"I'm feeling really good and I've been progressing well in training, so the confidence is there, and the sky is the limit."
