Neeraj revisits Tokyo Olympic Stadium the place he created historical past

Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra revisited the National Stadium in Tokyo the place he had scripted historical past by successful javelin throw gold final yr.

The 24 year-old Chopra was within the Japanese capital to attend the ‘Thank You Tokyo!’ occasion, organised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in collaboration with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Japanese Olympic Committee.

The occasion additionally gave Chopra the chance to expertise the runway of the National Stadium and hurl a javelin once more, identical to he did on August 4 final yr to win India their first-ever Olympic medal in athletics, in line with olympics.com.

Had a good time on the #Tokyo2020 Commemoration Ceremony at the moment, and was a particular feeling being again on the stadium the place all of it modified for me. Thank you to @iocmedia, @gorin and @Tokyo2020 for the invite! 🙏🇮🇳#ThankYouTokyo #ありがとう東京 pic.twitter.com/GAmJRAvR5f

— Neeraj Chopra (@Neeraj_chopra1) October 16, 2022

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“Had a great time at the Tokyo 2020 Commemoration Ceremony today, and it was a special feeling being back at the stadium where it all changed for me. Thank you!” Neeraj Chopra wrote on his social media deal with.

In one other tweet shared by Inspire Institute of Sport, Chopra was seen as imparting information concerning the sport to a younger child.