Neeraj Chopra

Neeraj Chopra tastes mishti doi and rosogolla on Kolkata trip, would like to visit for Durga Puja too

On his first trip to capital of West Bengal after becoming an Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra, the champion indulged tasted some traditional Bengali fare apart from his favourite street food and fish fry.

Sep 17, 2021, 11:37 AM IST

Neeraj Chopra shares ‘near death experience’, cool star asked his physio ‘Ro kyun rahe ho’, Watch

Apart from the story itself being gripping, it was Neeraj Chopra’s narration of an otherwise dangerous incident which endeared his fans.

Sep 17, 2021, 07:28 AM IST

Neeraj Chopra now wants an Olympic record to add to Tokyo gold medal

The Olympic record stands at 90.57m set by Andreas Thorkildsen in Beijing 2008 and Neeraj Chopra said it would be great to add one more feather to his cap.

Sep 16, 2021, 07:21 AM IST

Neeraj Chopra tells Amitabh Bachchan, ‘Ye tere baap ka ghar koni’ on KBC 13 with PR Sreejesh

Neeraj Chopra translates Amitabh Bachchan’s famous dialogue from Zanjeer, where his character Vijay tells Pran, “Yeh police station hai tumhare baap ka ghar nahi.”

Sep 15, 2021, 07:18 AM IST

Neeraj Chopra’s social media valuation rises to Rs 428 crores after gold medal win in Tokyo – check full report

Since the day on which Neeraj Chopra won the Olympic Gold, his stock has skyrocketed on social and digital media.

Sep 14, 2021, 18:12 PM IST

Neeraj Chopra’s javelin throw coach Uwe Hohn sacked, athletics federation ‘not happy’ with performance

Uwe Hohn was appointed as chief coach in November 2017 for one year to train the likes of Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra and two other Tokyo Olympians in Shivpal Singh and Annu Rani.

Sep 14, 2021, 08:50 AM IST

Neeraj Chopra says Tokyo Olympics gold medal is start of India’s ‘global success’

The Olympic medallists, who were felicitated at the event included Neeraj Chopra (Gold, Javelin Throw), Bajrang Punia (Bronze, Wrestling), the men’s hockey team represented by PR Sreejesh (Bronze) and Ravi Dahiya (Silver, Wrestling).

Sep 13, 2021, 08:17 AM IST

Olympic champions Neeraj Chopra, PR Sreejesh to grace Kaun Banega Crorepati hotseat - Watch video

The special episode comes weeks after former India opener Virender Sehwag and BCCI President Sourav Ganguly featured on KBC, where they shared anecdotes from Team India's dressing room. 

Sep 12, 2021, 11:33 AM IST

Neeraj Chopra fulfills his ‘small dream’ as he takes his parents on their first flight – see pics

Tokyo Olympics gold medallist Neeraj Chopra shared images of his parents enjoying their travel by flight for the first time in their life.

Sep 11, 2021, 10:58 AM IST

‘Chicken, pulao, aaloo’: Neeraj Chopra expresses gratitude after dinner hosted by Amarinder Singh

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh hosted a dinner for Indian Olympic medallists including Neeraj Chopra.

Sep 09, 2021, 10:44 AM IST

Neeraj Chopra’s brand value increases by 1000 per cent after Olympics gold, set to earn THIS whopping amount

Neeraj Chopra’s brand endorsement fees for a year is now expected to be around Rs 2.5 crore per year which puts him in the same league as top Indian cricketers like Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma.

Sep 07, 2021, 09:34 AM IST

Neeraj Chopra avoids repeat of Arshad Nadeem controversy, answers ‘aapke question se mera mann bhar gaya’ - WATCH

Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra almost landed in another soup when historian and curator Rajeev Sethi put him in an awkward position by asking the star athlete about his sex life.

Sep 04, 2021, 15:42 PM IST

Neeraj Chopra vs Sumit Antil: Can two gold medallists clash at Paris Olympics 2024?

Sumit Antil, who has participated in able-bodied events including the Indian Grand Prix event, said his goal is to qualify for both Paralympics and the Olympics in 2024 and he will begin his training once he returns to India.

Sep 01, 2021, 10:30 AM IST

Neeraj Chopra joins Indian hockey team in friendly game, imparts javelin lessons to skipper Manpreet Singh - watch video

Neeraj Chopra was also seen imparting some javelin lessons to skipper Manpreet Singh.  

Aug 31, 2021, 22:43 PM IST

Watch: Neeraj Chopra’s special message for Indian Paralympians, pleads people to follow medal-winning heroes

After congratulating fellow javelin throwers Devendra Jhajharia and Sumit Antil for their remarkable achievements, Neeraj Chopra posted a special message for the Paralympians on social media.

Aug 31, 2021, 07:41 AM IST

When Tokyo Paralympics gold medalist Sumit Antil competed against javelin's poster boy Neeraj Chopra

India's poster boy in javelin throw, Neeraj Chopra commended para athlete Sumit Antil for bagging a gold medal in the men's javelin final F64 category at the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics.

Aug 30, 2021, 18:20 PM IST

Gold medallist Neeraj Chopra showers praise on Paralympic silver medallist Devendra Jhajharia, says THIS

The 40-year-old Devendra Jhajharia, already India’s greatest Paralympian after winning gold medals in the 2004 and 2016 Games, pulled off a new personal best throw of 64.35m for the silver in F46 classification.

Aug 30, 2021, 14:55 PM IST

Bajrang Punia echoes Neeraj Chopra’s sentiments, says, ‘respect athletes whether from Pakistan or elsewhere’

Bajrang Punia's statement comes after Neeraj Chopra tried to calm down the storm raised by his revelation in an interview that Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem had picked up his javelin ahead of the final in Tokyo Olympics.

Aug 28, 2021, 13:06 PM IST

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. 

Aug 27, 2021, 19:27 PM IST

Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem declares his innocence while picking up Neeraj Chopra’s javelin

Neeraj Chopra, who won Gold in Tokyo Olympics 2020, claimed in an interview to TOI that Arshad Nadeem was roaming around with his javelin before the start of the final competition.

Aug 27, 2021, 06:46 AM IST