New Delhi:
Elated for her son’s silver medal, Neeraj Chopra’s mom Saroj Devi additionally expressed happiness for Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem, who broke the Olympic file to beat the Indian defending champion in Paris, saying that the latter can be like her “baby”. Chopra clinched the silver medal on the Paris Video games with a season’s greatest throw of 89.45m after Nadeem pulled off an Olympic record-breaking effort of 92.97m on Thursday evening.
With the silver win, Chopra grew to become solely the third Indian and the primary in track-and-field to win back-to-back particular person Olympic medals.
“We’re very proud of the silver, the one who obtained gold can be our baby and the one who obtained silver can be our baby….all are athletes, all work exhausting,” Saroj instructed PTI Movies in Khandra, Panipat, the place the household is predicated.
“Nadeem can be good, he performs effectively, there isn’t any distinction between Neeraj and Nadeem. We obtained gold and silver there isn’t any distinction for us,” she added within the interview given on Thursday evening.
Each Chopra and Nadeem are good mates off the sector regardless of being rivals on it.
‘Churma’ awaits Neeraj on homecoming
Chopra’s fondness for “desi khana” is well-documented and his household is planning to welcome the two-time Olympic medallist together with his favorite dish “Churma”.
“He did rather well. We are going to welcome him with churma which is his favorite. I’m delighted, individuals are lighting firecrackers, we’re making ladoos,” Saroj added.
Chopra’s efficiency is creditable additionally due to the highly-competitive area by which as many as seven athletes went past the 86m mark.
“We’re very blissful. He produced his season’s greatest. All had been close to 88-89m so competitors was very powerful. It is not about profitable a gold or silver, however about profitable a medal, and he did his greatest,” Chopra’s aunt Kamlesh mentioned.
Chopra is one among India’s most embellished athletes, having gained the gold at each match together with the Olympics, World Championships, Diamond League, Asian Video games and the Commonwealth Video games.
“After Tokyo, there was no medal left aside from silver, that was additionally wanted so he obtained it,” Kamlesh mentioned.
She mentioned that the household had an inkling that Chopra was unlikely to win a gold after Nadeem’s monstrous throw.
“After Nadeem’s throw (92.97m) we had a sense (that he’ll win gold) however he’s additionally our son, we’re proud of him.
“He is additionally Asia’s son. We do not differentiate between Nadeem and Neeraj. Each have gotten gold and silver and we’re very blissful,” she added.
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