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ANI quoted him saying, “It is our two-day scheme to honor him. We are entertaining all valid ID Card-holding namesakes of Chopra.”
For the unversed, Neeraj Chopra made history by winning the gold medal in the men’s javelin throw event at the Tokyo Olympics. He became only the second Indian to win an individual gold in the Olympics, outperforming the field by some distance to immortalize himself as the first track-and-field Games medal-winner for the country.