Neeraj
Chopra, the newly crowned Olympic champion in men’s javelin throw, revealed
that he requested something from Prime Minister Narendra Modi when the Indian
leader congratulated him on his historic feat of becoming just the second Indian
to win individual gold at the Olympic Games.

Talking to
India Today after winning the historic gold, Chopra said that he asked Prime
Minister Modi to support the Olympic sports so that the country could grab more
gold medals at the Olympic Games.

“I asked
Prime Minister Modi to extend more support to the Olympic sports as there is no
dearth of talent in the country and we will be able to win more gold medals
that way,” the Tokyo Olympics gold medalist said.

With a
monstrous throw of 87.58m in the finals, Neeraj left all his counterparts hanging
high and dry as he remained in the medal contention from the very beginning.

Earlier in
the day, PM Modi tweeted to congratulate Chopra on his achievement and said
that the country will never forget it.

  “History has been scripted at Tokyo! What @Neeraj_chopra1 has achieved today will be remembered forever. The young Neeraj has done exceptionally well. He played with remarkable passion and showed unparalleled grit. Congratulations to him for winning the Gold. #Tokyo2020,” PM tweeted.

The Indian
star outperformed each one of the finalists in his event and immortalised
himself as the next star athlete in track and field. With this elusive gold, he
ended India’s 100-year wait for a track and field medal in the Olympics.

Not only
the first athletic medal for his country, but Neeraj also became only the
second individual Indian to clinch the elusive yellow metal at the Summer
Games.

The first
individual gold was won by shooter Abhinav Bindra who achieved the feat in the
2008 Summer Games.