Bindra, who won gold in 10m air rifle shooting at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, told Chopra: "Thanks to you, we have finished our Tokyo endeavour on a great high."
Chopra became only the second Indian to win an individual gold in the Olympics, out-performing the field by some distance to immortalise himself as the first track-and-field medal winner from the country.
BCCI secretary Jay Shah announced cash rewards for India's seven medal winners at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
With the addition of Chopra's gold on the last day of their competitive schedule, India signed off with seven medals in all, including two silver and four bronze, the last of which was delivered by superstar wrestler Bajrang Punia on the day.
Usha, fondly called the 'Payyoli Express', had made the world realise India's potential in athletics when she missed the bronze medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
His mother knew that he was hiding the truth but did not scold him. After all, wrestling was in his blood. His father and elder brother, too, were ardent practitioners of the sport.
Chopra's other achievements include gold medals in the 2018 Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games, besides the top finish in the 2017 Asian Championships. He is also a 2018 Arjuna Awardee.
Responding to a follower on Twitter who asked him to gift Chopra the XUV700, Mahindra said, "Yes indeed."
Chopra had topped the qualification three days ago and did better than that in the finals as he produced a best throw of 87.58m to become only the second Indian to win individual gold in Olympics.
Neeraj Chopra set a new benchmark in Tokyo, holding off two athletes from the Czech Republic to finish atop the podium.
Chopra won the country's seventh medal and first gold in this Olympics and joined shooter Abhinav Bindra (2008 Beijing Games) as India's individual gold winners in the showpiece.
India won seven medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics - 1 Gold, 2 Silver, 4 Bronze - to go one better of their medal haul at the 2012 London Olympics.
With the historic gold, Neeraj became Independent India's first-ever track and field medallist.
Bajrang won India's sixth medal at the Tokyo Olympics and second in wrestling after Ravi Dahiya
From a bottom-place finish at Rio 2016, the Indian women's team capped a remarkable journey at Tokyo Olympics, finishing fourth after losing 3-4 to defending champions Great Britain on Friday.
Aditi Ashok experienced that excruciating pain on Saturday, and with it, post-independent India's tryst with fourth-place heartbreaks at sport's grandest stage continued, the run beginning way back in 1956.
The Indian men's team, which ended a 41-year-old medal drought by clinching a historic bronze in the Olympics, was placed behind gold-medallist Belgium and silver-medallist Australia.
Tokyo Olympics silver medalist Ravi Dahiya has thanked Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar for announcing the construction of an indoor wrestling stadium at his native village Nahri in Sonepat.
Neeraj Chopra is among heavy favourites to clinch India's first track and field Olympic medal in 120 years as many big names are missing from the javelin throw showdown in Tokyo.
The Indian golfer said it is hard for her to be happy even though she produced the best ever performance by an Indian at the showpiece.
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