Neeraj Chopra Gold Medal Winner: Cash Prize Announcements by Govt of India and others

It has been a historic Olympics for the Indian contingent with the best ever meal tally. With 1 Gold, 2 Bronze, and 4 Silver Medals, the whole country is proud of the athletes and praising their efforts of performing well in the world’s biggest sporting competition. The women’s hockey team scripted history after qualifying for the semi-finals for the fist time in the history of Olympics, where men’s team won a medal after 41 years. But, the most talked about player today is Neeraj Chopra who won the first ever Gold medal for Indian in Athletics. He threw a javelin for 87.58 m to create history.

Cash Prize announced for Neeraj Chopra

The athlete Neeraj Chopra has been lauded by Indian as well as Pakistan audience for his breakthrough performance in the final round of Javelin throw. The Pakistani people have congratulated the player on social media and praised the efforts of the government and sports authority to give a good support and training facilities. It was primarily targeted towards Pakistan government who did not care to provide fine facilities to the Javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem who was also in the finals and did not perform well.

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Chopra, who joined Abhinav Bindra to win Individual Gold in Olympics has been awarded cash prize by governments, BCCI, and Chennai Super Kings franchise. Here are the prizes announced,

• As Chopra hails from Haryana, the state government has awarded a cash prize of 6 Crores and Grade-1 government job.
• The Punjab Chief minister Amarinder Singh announced a reward of 2 Crores.

Neeraj Chopra, who is serving the @adgpi has brought glory to the nation & scripted his name in history by winning India’s first Olympic Gold in athletics. It’s our honour to announce a special cash reward of Rs. 2 Cr for him. A proud moment for all Indians & our Armed Forces. ?? pic.twitter.com/oGqgJbMKuq

— Capt.Amarinder Singh (@capt_amarinder) August 7, 2021

• The Chief Minister of Manipur, Biren Singh took to twitter and announce 1 crore cash prize to Neeraj Chopra.

On this historic day where India bagged an Olympic Gold medal in an athletic event after 100 years, the Manipur State Cabinet has decided to honour the Javelin throw Gold medalist @Neeraj_chopra1 by extending a reward of Rs 1 Crore.

Congratulations on this historic win, Neeraj. pic.twitter.com/DuoYFhsMFS

— N.Biren Singh (@NBirenSingh) August 7, 2021

• Anand Mahindra gifted XUV 500 to the athlete for winning the gold medal.

Yes indeed. It will be my personal privilege & honour to gift our Golden Athlete an XUV 7OO @rajesh664 @vijaynakra Keep one ready for him please. https://t.co/O544iM1KDf

— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) August 7, 2021

• The Chennai Super Kings franchise announced a reward of 1 Crores on Twitter.

Anbuden saluting the golden arm of India, for the Throw of the Century!

8️⃣7⃣.5⃣8⃣ ??
CSK honours the stellar achievement by @Neeraj_chopra1
with Rs. 1 Crore. @msdhoni
Read: https://t.co/zcIyYwSQ5E#WhistleforIndia #Tokyo2020 #Olympics #WhistlePodu ?? ?: Getty Images pic.twitter.com/lVBRCz1G5m

— Chennai Super Kings – Mask P?du Whistle P?du! (@ChennaiIPL) August 7, 2021

• The BCCI secretary Jay Shah announced various prizes for the medal winners in the Olympics.

INR 1 Cr. – ? medallist @Neeraj_chopra1

50 lakh each – ? medallists @mirabai_chanu & Ravi Kumar Dahiya

25 lakh each – ? medallists @Pvsindhu1, @LovlinaBorgohai, @BajrangPunia

INR 1.25 Cr. – @TheHockeyIndia men’s team @SGanguly99| @ThakurArunS| @ShuklaRajiv

— Jay Shah (@JayShah) August 7, 2021

• The aviation companty, Indigo has given Chopra a reward of unlimited travel for 1 year.

Our humble felicitation offer for @Neeraj_chopra1 from @IndiGo6E. And as our CEO Rono added, “Neeraj , we sincerely hope you will avail of our offer, to travel extensively across the country, to spread your message of hope and inspiration to aspiring young athletes across India! pic.twitter.com/YbMjpZCpYW

— C Lekha (@ChhaviLeekha) August 7, 2021

What Neeraj Chopra said after winning gold medal?

After winning gold, Chopra said: “Most important thing for me this year was to participate in international competitions…The 2-3 international competitions where I played helped me a lot. So I didn’t feel any pressure in Olympics and I was able to focus on my performance”.

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He also dedicated the gold medal to Milkha Singh, who died due to covid this year had finished fourth in the 1960 Rome Olympics.  He added, “Milkha Singh wanted to hear the national anthem in a stadium. He is no longer with us but his dream has been fulfilled.”

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