Olympic Gold Medalist Chopra Returns to India as Superstar

Olympic Gold Medalist Chopra Returns to India as Superstar
Olympic medalist Neeraj Chopra displays the gold medal he won in the men’s javelin at the Tokyo Games as he arrives for a rousing reception at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, India, on Aug. 9, 2021. AP Photo
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NEW DELHI—Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra was given a rousing welcome as he arrived home in India on Monday after winning the men’s javelin event in Tokyo and securing the country’s first-ever athletics gold.

In a cricket-mad country, Chopra’s Olympic win was seen as a triumph for the nation of nearly 1.4 billion people, catapulting the 23-year-old to stardom.