New Delhi: Star Javelin Thrower Neeraj Chopra’s Historic-Winning Feat at the Olympics are listed as one of the 10 magical moments of tracks and fields in the Tokyo game by Athletics World.
Chopra 23 years won the country’s first Olympic medal in athletics with the best 87.58 million throws on Saturday to become only the second Indian to win individual yellow metals in the game.
“The sharpest sport followers have heard about the Chopra Neeraj before the Olympics.
But after winning Javelin in Tokyo, and in the process of being the first Athletics gold medalist in India in the history of the Olympics, Chopra Sky-Rocketed’s profile,” Global Government Agency.
Word on the website.
WA noted that the 23-year-old chopra had 143,000 followers before the Olympics, but now it has 3.2 million which is surprising (on Instagram), making it the most trace and athletes of the most followed in the world.
In the tweet posted after winning gold in Tokyo, Chopra said, “Still processing this feeling.
To all of India and so on, thank you very much for your support and blessings that have helped me reach this stage.
This moment will live with me forever.” Still processing this feeling.
To all of India and so on, thank you very much for your support and blessings …
https://t.co/lyugwurna- Neeraj Chopra (@ neeraj_chopra1) 1628413857000Gymnastics Legend Nadia Comaneci is one of the former international stars who congratulate Chopra on Twitter .
Congratulations #neerajchopra 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻gold @ Tokyo2020 https://t.co/e6Lia5isy2- Nadia Comaneci (@ nadiacomaneci10) 1628440233000