For centuries Panipat had witnessed three battles that changed the history of India.
Right a decade ago, a coincidence meeting between a local boy who tried to lose the young kilo and javelin thrower in the same medieval city to tectonic events with similar proportions in the history of Indian athletics on Saturday: a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, Gold The first athletics at the Olympics and the first medal in Athletics in Post-Independence India.
The fat boy is a chopra neeraj.
And athletes are Jai Choudhary alias Jaiver, then a javelin maker who aspires high and now a coach in NIS, Patiala.
At the age of 13, Neeraj, the son of a farmer, weighs more than 80 kilos.
Fused by Dollops of Malai (Fresh Cream) and Choorma, a mixture of bread, ghee, and sugar-friendly sugars by adoring grandmothers, he became the target of bullying by children his age.
Feeling his discomfort, his uncle, Bhim Chopra, took him to the gymnasium of the Panipat sports stadium in 2011 and instructed the coach there to get neeraj again formed.
A few families know that after completing the gym session, he will spend hours at the Sai Center in Panipat.
“He used to come to the trajectory every day.
One day I casually asked him, Bhala Pheebega? (Do you want to try Javelin?).
He nodded.
When he threw his first Javelin, I saw a fellow athlete and the first word came from my mouth Is ‘Ye To Natural Hai’ (he is a natural talent), “said Jaivier, under who neeraj began training in 2011.