New Delhi. This year the country will complete 75 years of independence and for this the people of Hindustan ‘Azadi’s nectar festival’ Engaged in the preparations for making. In such NEWSROOMPOST Will also tell you for you some such exploits of sports stars, when they raised India’s head at the national level due to their performance. In this episode, today we are going to tell the story of the country’s golden boy Neeraj Chopra, who made India proud. Since the year 1947 i.e. when India got independence from the British, till now, India has participated in the Olympics a total of 17 times. For the first time in the year 1948, India participated as an independent country in the Olympics held in London. After this 16 times India played its part in this Kumbh of the game but did not get any medal in the track field of athletics. After this, India’s Lal Neeraj Chopra, turning the page of history, ended India’s seven-decade wait by winning the historic gold medal in the Janlin Thrower. It was a historic moment for India and it was even more a matter of pride for the golden boy Neeraj Chopra that after so many years for the country in the track field of athletics, he won a gold medal in this Kumbh of the game.
Neeraj did what Milkha Singh could not do
It is the dream of any sportsperson and his people that their country gets a gold medal in the Olympics. Exactly such was the wish of the players and countrymen of India. Fulfilling this desire of his countrymen, Neeraj Chopra gave India its first gold medal in the Olympics by throwing javelin for a distance of 87.58 meters in the sports village of Tokyo. It is not that before this no player has expected gold in the Olympics. Big athletes like Milkha Singh, PT Usha and Anju Bobby George tried hard to put gold in India’s account but they were unable to do so. What such a big personality could not do was done by Neeraj Chopra, the young athlete of India. After this, Neeraj started getting a lot of love from all over the country and on seeing this boy from Panipat, Haryana became the real hero of the country. This achievement of Lal Neeraj Chopra of Hindustan is one of the golden moments for independent India. Apart from the Tokyo Olympics, Neeraj Chopra has won a silver medal in the World Athletics Championships. Apart from this, he has also won gold medals in Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, Asian Games, World Junior Championships and Asian Games. This is the reason that this year, when there is talk of people making the country proud in the nectar festival of independence, then the name of India’s golden boy Neeraj Chopra will definitely come there.
Who is Neeraj Chopra?
Neeraj Chopra, who brought India’s name globally, was born on 24 December 1997 in a small village Khandra, a farmer family in Panipat, Haryana. Neeraj’s father’s name is Satish Kumar and he is a small farmer by profession. If we talk about Mataji, her name is Saroj Devi and she is a housewife. At the age of just 11, Neeraj’s interest was awakened for Jenlin Throw. After that he used to see Jai Chaudhary practicing at the Panipat Stadium. This ensured a golden future for India in this sport and its result was shown during the Tokyo Olympics. For information, let us tell you that apart from being an athlete, Neeraj is also posted as Naib Subedar in the Indian Army. He has also been awarded the Army’s Vishist Seva Medal for his bravery while in the army.