Neeraj Chopra set to have Army stadium named after him in Pune

Neeraj Chopra, a Naik Subedar in the Indian Army who won gold in the javelin competition in the recently-concluded Tokyo Olympics, had himself trained at the Army Sports Institute.

Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra, who took the nation by storm after his heroics in the javelin throw event at the recently concluded Tokyo Olympics, is set to have a stadium renamed after him. The athletics stadium on the campus of the Southern Command's Army Sports Institute (ASI) in Pune will be named after the star athlete. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will visit Pune's Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT) and Army Sports Institute (ASI) on August 23 and will name a facility after Olympic javelin gold medalist Neeraj Chopra, officials said on Friday. A release from the Defence PRO said Singh, during his visit to Army Sports Institute, is likely to name the stadium in the campus as ''Neeraj Chopra Army Sports Institute, Pune Cantonment''.