Neeraj Chopra nominated for Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year Award
Sakshi Education
Tokyo Olympics gold medallist Neeraj Chopra has been nominated for the prestigious Laureus World Sports Awards.
Neeraj Chopra nominated for Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year Award
India’s first-ever winner of an Olympic athletics gold medal, Neeraj has been selected as one of the six nominees for the 2022 Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year Award.
The other five sportspersons who have been nominated for the award are Australian Open runner-up Daniil Medvedev, British tennis star Emma Raducanu, Barcelona and Spain footballer Pedri, Venezuelan athlete Yulimar Rojas and Australian swimmer AriarneTitmus.
24-year-old javelin thrower is only the third Indian to be nominated for the award after wrestler VineshPhogat in 2019 and cricket star Sachin Tendulkar, who won the Laureus Sporting Moment Award 2000-2020.
