Stadium to be named after Tokyo Olympics gold medallist Neeraj Chopra at Pune’s Army Sports Institute
Xtra Time Web Desk: A stadium at the Pune’s Army Sports Institute will be named after Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Neeraj Chopra. The ceremony will take place on August 23 and will be presided by the Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. The defence minister will also felicitate 16 Olympians of the Indian Army on the occasion.
Chopra (23), who was inducted into the Indian Army in the sports quota in 2016 at the rank of Naib Subedar as a teenager, received a sizable chunk of his coaching, training and administrative support at the Army Sports Institute in Pune.
Singh will be on a one-day visit to Pune on August 23, when he will preside over functions at the Defence Institute of Advanced Technologies (DIAT) and the ASI. Army chief General M M Naravane and Southern Army Commander Lt Gen J S Nain will also be present for the ceremony.
The Army Sports Institute was established in 2001 and is one of the premier sports training institute in the country. It was established under Mission Olympic programme. It is a multi-disciplinary sports training institute. It imparts training in archery, athletics, boxing, diving, wrestling, fencing and weightlifting.
