The commercial in which Olympic winner Neeraj Chopra appears in various avatars of reporter, movie producer, marketing honcho among others has been grabbing eyeballs. Check out netizens reactions here.
Kaun banega Crorepati 13: Olympic Neeraj Chopra translated Amitabh Bachchan’s famous 'Main Aur Meri Tanhai' dialogue, from the film Silsila. In 'Shandaar Shukravaar,' Neeraj Chopra and PR Sreejesh will be special guests. They will seen sharing anecdotes from their journey in the field of sports on the sets with Big B and will also teach him Haryanvi.
The players will be welcomed by a reverberating cheer from the audience and the host of the show Amitabh Bachchan.
Besides Chopra and his parents, his coach and German biomechanics expert Klaus Bartonietz and Olympian super heavyweight boxer Satish Kumar were also seen seated inside the aircraft.
Recently, Neeraj Chopra was asked about balancing his athlete training and sex life. While the Olympic winner dodged the question at first, his reaction to it when asked about it again won netizens hearts.
Chopra, who became the first Indian track and field athlete to win an Olympic gold, was awarded Rs 50 lakh and a 'gold javelin'.
Graffiti depicting Tokyo Olympics 2020 medal winners Neeraj Chopra, Ravi Dahiya, Mirabai Chanu, Lovlina Borgohain, PV Sindhu, Bajrang Punia, and the men's hockey team captain Manpreet Singh beatified pillars near Pitampura Metro Station.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a stadium named after Tokyo Olympics gold medallist Neeraj Chopra. This stadium is at Army Sports Institute in Pune. Army Chief General MM Naravane and Neeraj Chopra were also present at the occasion.
Neeraj was presented with a replica of javelin. Rajnath asserted that his government would do everything to promote sports.
Chopra became not just India's first Olympic gold-medallist in 13 years but also the first track and field to bag a gold at the quadrennial showpiece event.
In a widely-circulated video on Twitter, Chopra is on the lookout for his javelin before asking for it from Nadeem, moments before his first throw on the eventful night.
After making history at the International event, Neeraj Chopra the Javelin Throw champion has finally got a chance to meet his favourite actor Randeep Hooda.
Chopra won the gold with his 87.58m throw in the second attempt, and thus became the only second Indian athlete after Abhinav Bindra to clinch an Olympic top podium finish in individual events.
Shaili, who came into the final with the best performance in the qualifying stage with an effort of 6.48 metres, improved on her personal best with a superb effort of 6.59 in the final.
Khatri won silver in the men's 10,000m race walk event at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi on Saturday.
A release from the Defence PRO said Rajnath Singh, during his visit to Army Sports Institute, is likely to name the stadium in the campus as 'Neeraj Chopra Army Sports Institute, Pune Cantonment'.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath also handed an additional cash reward of Rs 25 lakh each to 10 athletes from the state who participated in Tokyo Olympics.
Chopra had created history by becoming the first Indian track and field athlete to win a medal at the Olympics, that too a gold, in the Tokyo Games earlier this month.
Khattar said Chopra, who won gold in javelin throw in Tokyo Olympics, has not only brought laurels for the country but also for his native village, family and Haryana.
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar felicitated star Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra in Chandigarh on August 18. Neeraj Chopra became the first Indian to win gold in Athletics at the Olympics. Earlier, the Haryana government had announced a cash reward of Rs six crore and a class I category job to Neeraj Chopra.
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