Neeraj Chopra recommended for Khel Ratna by AFI

Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra was on Saturday beneficial for the coveted Khel Ratna Award by the committee constituted by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) for the third time in a row.

The 22-year-old Chopra is the one observe and area athlete to be beneficial by the AFI for the nation’s highest sports activities award this yr.

Chopra has already being conferred with the Arjuna Award in 2018 after successful a gold within the Gold Coast Commonwealth. In that yr, he was additionally beneficial for the Khel Ratna. He was once more beneficial for the Khel Ratna final yr after successful gold within the 2018 Asian Games.

“Neeraj is the only athlete recommended by the awards committee for the Khel Ratna this year,” a supply instructed PTI.

The Khel Ratna Award carries a medallion, a certificates and a money prize of Rs 7.5 lakh.

Top sprinter Dutee Chand, who gained a gold within the World University Games in 2019 and two silver medals within the 2018 Asian Games (one every in 100m and 200m), has already been beneficial for the Arjuna Award by the Odisha authorities.Chopra has already certified for the Tokyo Olympics with a throw of 87.86m in South Africa in January in his first competitors after recovering from an elbow damage.

He missed your complete 2019 season because of the damage however breached the Olympic qualification mark of 85m.

In 2019, Neeraj had missed the IAAF World Championships, the Diamond League and the Asian Championships whereas recovering from the damage.

His final main worldwide competitors was the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games the place he gained gold with a nationwide file of 88.06m. He had undergone a surgical procedure in May 2019 to deal with the damage.