TWR: The Golden Boy of Indian Athletics, on the day he won the Olympic Gold medal.
Subedar Neeraj Chopra PVSM
Event: 07 Aug 2021 at Japan National Stadium
2020 Olympics in August 2021:
Chopra qualified with a throw of 86.65 metres. In the final on 07 Aug, he threw 87.03 followed by 87.58 to win the gold medal. He thus became the second Indian to win an individual Olympic gold medal after Abhinav Bindra – air rifle in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Back home, he was awarded the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award (2021), India’s highest sports award.
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