The One With The Golden Boy - CSK Hands Olympic Hero Neeraj Chopra A Custom Jersey

Neeraj Chopra, the champion javelin thrower, was honoured by the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) as they handed him a custom-made CSK jersey with his Olympic medal-winning distance of 87.58 meters in the back of the shirt with his name.

Chopra, who hails from Khandra, Panipat, Haryana, made India proud after throwing the javelin to a distance of 87.58m to pick the gold at the Tokyo Olympics 2020, which took place in 2021. He began his quest for a medal with a massive throw of 87.03 meters and led the pack after the first attempt. However, he bettered it with the second throw of 87.58m.

While he didn’t manage to improve the distance any further, it was enough to get him the coveted medal. He is now the second Indian after Abhinav Bindra to win a gold medal in individual events. Bindra had won the first-ever individual Olympic gold for India in the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the shooting.

India won seven medals in the multi-sporting event in Japan, its best-ever performance. In the ongoing Tokyo 2020, Bajrang Punia (Bronze), Mirabai Chanu (silver), PV Sindhu (bronze), Lovlina Borgohain (bronze), men’s hockey team (bronze), and Ravi Kumar Dahiya (silver) have also won medals.

Super Happy To Hand Our ? To The Arms That Made Us Proud: CSK To Neeraj Chopra

When Neeraj Chopra won the Olympic gold to make the country proud, the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Chennai Super Kings (CSK) announced that they will be awarding INR 1 crore the champion javelin thrower.

CSK Spokesperson had said: “We as Indians are proud of Neeraj Chopra as his effort at Tokyo 2020 will inspire millions of Indians to take up sport and instill belief in them to be able to compete and excel at the highest level in any discipline of the sport. His Gold medal-winning throw of 87.58m in the Men’s Javelin has galvanized the entire nation.”

The CSK came good on their promise and awarded Neeraj Chopra the amount and a special custom jersey with the number 8758 as a mark of respect and shared the moment on their Twitter account.

“The one with the Golden boy @Neeraj_chopra1 ! Super happy to hand our ? to the arms that made us proud!,” tweeted CSK.

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