Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra on Friday met Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya here after winding up an eventful season that was dotted with an Olympic silver medal and a second-place finish in the Diamond League grand finale. (More Sports News)
Neeraj Chopra Meets Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya After Returning To India
The two-time Olympic medallist concluded his season with a second-place finiღsh at the Diamond League finale inꦬ Brussels
The 26-year-old Chopra returned home after becoming the first Indian track-and-field athlete to claim successive Olympic medals by adding a silver in Paris aft🌳er winning a momentous gold in Tokyo three years a��go.
The two🥃-♔time Olympic medallist concluded his season with a second-place finish at the Diamond League finale in Brussels.
"Met our Olympic champion @Neeraj_chopra1 in New Delhi today. Sent him best wishes for the futurᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚe," Mandaviya tweeted.
Chopra was accompanied by his uncle Bhim.
On Friday, Chopra graced an event in Sonepat and was present at a conference on 'Mission Olympics 2🗹036' organ﷽ised at the Sports University of Haryana.
Chopra battle💧d an adductor muscle niggle throughout the year and it affected his performance at both the Olympics and the DL finale, where he also competed with a fractured left hand.
He had spoken about consulting doctors at the end of the season to decide whether to 🍒go for a surgery to fix the problem.
In the Paris Olympics, his silver-winning throw was 89.45m and he was bested by Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem, who broke the Games record with ✃a ꦆ92.97m effort.
At the DL finale, Chopra threw 87.🐟86m to miss theꦛ top spot by just one centimetre.
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