Rajnath Singh felicitates Neeraj Chopra, renames Pune's ASI stadium after Olympic gold medalist

Rajnath Singh also re-named the ASI Stadium after Neeraj Chopra, who bagged the country's first gold in athletics at the marquee event and also became the only second individual gold medalist for India after shooter Abhinav Bindra. 

Pune: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday felicitated Defence Forces personnel who took part in the Tokyo Olympics, including Olympic gold medal winning javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, at the Army Sports Institute (ASI) in Pune. Rajnath also re-named the ASI Stadium after Chopra, who bagged the country's first gold in athletics at the marquee event and also became the only second individual gold medalist for India after shooter Abhinav Bindra. Chopra was also present on the occasion. A shawl, which was signed by the Olympians, was also presented to the Defence Minister. Among those, who were felicitated were Tarundeep Rai (Archery), Pravin Jadhav (Archery), Amit (Boxing), Manish Kaushik (Boxing), Satish Kumar (Boxing), CA Kuttappa (Boxing coach), Chotelal Yadav (Boxing coach), Deepak Punia (Wrestling), Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh (Rowing), Vishnu Saravanan (Sailing) and Chopra.