Neeraj Chopra nominated for Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year 2022 Award
Highlights:
- India's Olympic Champion Neeraj Chopra has been nominated for the Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year Award 2022.
- He is one of the six nominees for the award.
- The other nominees include Russian tennis star Daniil Medvedev, British tennis player Emma Raducanu, Spanish footballer Pedri, Australian Olympic champion Ariarne Titmus and Venezuelan athlete Yulimar Rojas.
- Neeraj Chopra is the third Indian athlete to be nominated for Laureus World Sports Awards after wrestler Vinesh Phogat in 2019 and cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, who had won the Laureus Sporting Moment 2000-2020 Award.
- Neeraj Chopra is the first-ever Indian athlete to win the Olympic gold medal in the javelin throw with a throw of 87.58 in the final at Tokyo Olympics 2020.
- Neeraj Chopra third Indian to be nominated for Laureus World Sports Awards
- The 23-year-old Neeraj Chopra is one of the only two Indians to have won individual Olympic gold.
- The first-ever Indian to win individual gold at the Olympics was Abhinav Bindra in air rifle in 2008.
- Chopra won the gold in his Olympic debut at Tokyo.
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