PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC):

Newly crowned Olympic champion Keshorn Walcott says he does not plan to change anything about his training regimen, despite his new found fame.

Walcott returned to Trinidad on Monday to a hero's welcome after winning the javelin in a stunning upset last Saturday on the penultimate day of the London Olympics.

For T&T, the gold medal represented the country's first since the legendary Hasely Crawford won the 100 metres at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal.

"Everyone knows it's already gone so it's all up to the future. There's more Olympics to come, they're more World Championships and now that I am a senior, I'm just going to go back and train," Walcott said.

"It's all about training you know and I was training. Throughout the year I have been training normal so I'm just going back to that, just sticking with me and my coach.

"I know that they are going to be a lot of expectations for me now so I'm going to have to live with it."

For his accomplishment, Walcott was fêted with million dollar gifts by the Trinidad and Tobago government, including TT$1 million (US$156 740) in cash and a house worth TT$2.5 million (US$390,000) in a high-end residential area.

He was also given 20,000 square feet in his home village of Toco, just south of the capital.

Recounting the Olympic experience, Walcott said at no time did he envision winning gold medal, especially competing at an Olympiad for the first time.

"Throughout the competition I was relaxed, I wasn't really paying much attention to the competition because I told myself making the finals was good enough for me at age 19," Walcott explained.