Neeraj Chopra clicked with Thomas Röhler & Jan Železný

Neeraj Chopra on Monday was clicked with with 2016 champion Thomas Röhler and 3-time Olympic champion and one in every of his idols Jan Železný in Turkey.

The image was posted from Röhler’s account and captioned, “FIVE OLYMPIC GOLDS in one picture.”

Chopra, who’s at the moment coaching at Belek, Turkey, made historical past when he gained in Tokyo final 12 months, incomes India’s first Olympic gold medal in athletics and immediately changing into a sporting famous person in his dwelling nation. Earlier within the season, he had damaged his personal nationwide file with 88.07m.

He additionally grew to become solely the second Indian to win a person Olympic gold after shooter Abhinav Bindra.

Last month, Chopra acquired the Padma Shri, the nation’s fourth highest civilian award. The 24-year-old javelin thrower acquired the distinguished award from President Ram Nath Kovind on the Rashtrapati Bhavan throughout a ceremony.

Paralympic gold medallist in badminton Pramod Bhagat was additionally conferred with the honour alongside Chopra. The 33-year-old Bhagat additionally grew to become the primary Indian to win a gold medal in para badminton, which made its debut on the Paralympics final 12 months.

Bhagat, who had contracted polio when he was 4 years outdated, gained the gold within the males’s singles SL3 class.