More than a month after becoming the country’s first athlete to win a medal in the track and field event at the Olympics, Neeraj Chopra returned to training last week. Neeraj, who is the only second athlete in Olympic history to win an individual gold medal for India, confirmed the development on Instagram by sharing a picture of himself from the training ground. After the 2020 Tokyo Games, Neeraj became quite active on social networking sites as he regularly kept his followers updated on his whereabouts. And, now it seems, even though he has returned to field duty, he is still quite active on the photo and video sharing application.
On Thursday, Neeraj shared an old picture from Switzerland with Hindi caption on the Facebook-owned platform.
Take a look at Neeraj’s latest post on Instagram:
Earlier, the Haryana boy had posted a picture of himself in front of a quote from India’s first individual gold medalist Abhinav Bindra. “No caption required,” read the text next to Neeraj’s picture on Instagram.
The quote in the picture said, “It’s not every four years, it’s every day – Abhinav Bindra.”
Bindra in his quote was clearly referring to the Summer Games and what it takes to achieve Olympic glory.
Meanwhile, Neeraj was recently recommended for the country’s highest sporting honour, the Khel Ratna.
Besides Neeraj, Tokyo Olympics silver medalist Ravi Dahiya and former Indian men’s hockey captain PR Sreejesh have also been nominated for the honour.
The high-profile list for the Khel Ratna award also includes India’s women’s Test and ODI captain Mithali Raj, talismanic striker Sunil Chhetri and Olympic medalist boxer Lovlina Borgohain.
Five players from India’s successful 2020 Paralympic Games have also been named for the honours – Pramod Bhagat (Badminton), Sumit Antil (Athletics), Avani Lekhara (Shooting), Krishna Nagar (Badminton) and Manish Narwal (Shooting).
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