Honoured to be awarded Khel Ratna along some remarkable sportspersons: Neeraj Chopra
Named for the celebrated Primary Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna after profitable a ancient gold within the Tokyo Olympics, famous person javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra on Wednesday stated he would proceed to paintings laborious to deliver extra laurels for the rustic.
The 23-year previous Chopra, who changed into simplest the second one Indian to win a person Olympic gold within the Tokyo Video games, is likely one of the 12 sportspersons named for the rustic’s best possible carrying award.
“Very honoured to be awarded the Primary Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna along some remarkable sportspersons. Aap sabhi ke sahyog aur fortify ke liye tahe dil se dhanyavad (Thanks from the ground of my middle for the fortify from all of you),” he stated in a tweet.
“Koshish ye hello rahegi ki aise hello apne performances se desh ke liya aur luck haasil kar paun! (I can proceed to paintings to succeed in extra luck for the rustic via my performances).” With a throw of 87.58m on August 7 in Tokyo, Chopra changed into the primary Indian to win an Olympic gold medal in athletics.