At the age of 24, Neeraj Chopra has risen to become arguably India's biggest sporting superstar. The Tokyo Olympic gold medallist has secured at least a medal in all the major javelin throw competitions, including a silver at the World Championships and a gold at the recently-concluded Diamond League Finals in Zurich. His heroics with the javelin has propelled him to superstardom and fans have showered relentless praise and adulation on him.
On October 17 (Monday), the Olympic champion revisited the National Stadium in Tokyo where he had scripted history by winning javelin throw gold last year.
The 24-year-old Chopra was in the Japanese capital to attend the 'Thank You Tokyo!' event, organised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in collaboration with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Japanese Olympic Committee.
The event also gave Chopra the opportunity to experience the runway of the National Stadium and hurl a javelin again, just like he did on August 4 last year to win India their first-ever Olympic medal in athletics, according to olympics.com.
"Had a great time at the Tokyo 2020 Commemoration Ceremony today, and it was a special feeling being back at the stadium where it all changed for me. Thank you!" Neeraj Chopra wrote on his social media handle.
In another tweet shared by Inspire Institute of Sport, Chopra was seen as imparting knowledge about the sport to a young kid.
The Indian superstar didn't compete at the 36th National Games as he had earlier said that his season was over after winning the gold in Zurich.
(With PTI inputs)
