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He also became the first athlete from India to win an athletics gold.
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“Five sports centres of excellence (for boxing, hockey, shooting, wrestling and athletics) will be opened in state where free coaching will be provided to talented players,” he said.By winning the gold medal in men's javelin throw at the Tokyo Olympics, Neeraj Chopra joined Abhinav Bindra in a now two-person exclusive club of Indians to win an individual gold medal at the Olympic Games.
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Minister of state for sports and youth affairs Sandeep Singh announced setting up of four rehab centres in Haryana, with the first being in Panchkula.ĭushyant said efforts are being made to make Haryana a sports hub. Family members of some players also attended the function on their behalf. Some players, who could not attend the function due to certain reasons, joined the programme through video conferencing, including Neeraj Chopra. Players who received cheques of ₹50 lakh for standing fourth in the tournament include wrestler Deepak Punia hockey players Udita, Sharmila Devi, Savita Punia, Rani Rampal, Nisha, Neha Goyal, Navneet Kaur, Navjot Kaur, Monika Malik and boxer Pooja Rani.ĭeputy chief minister Dushyant Chautala, Vidhan Sabha speaker Gian Chand Gupta, cabinet and state ministers, MLAs and MPs also attended the event. Players who received ₹15 lakh and job offer letters include wrestlers Seema Bisla, Sonam Malik, Anshu Malik, Vinesh Phogat shooters Yashaswini Singh Deswal, Sanjeev Rajput, Manu Bhaker, Abhishek Verma tennis player Sumit Nagal golfers Diksha Dagar, Manish Kaushik boxers Amit Panghal, Vikas Krishan discus thrower Seema Punia and athletes Sandeep Kumar and Rahul Rohila. The players were also given job offer letters along with an offer to get HSVP plots on concessional rates. Two players from Indian men’s hockey team, Sumit Kumar and Surender Kumar, received cheques of ₹2.5 crore each. He gave cheques of ₹6 crore, ₹4 crore and ₹2.5 crore to javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra (gold medallist), wrestlers Ravi Dahiya (silver medallist) and Bajrang Punia (bronze medallist), respectively. Also, of the seven medal winners in country, Haryana accounts for four (three individual medals and two in hockey),” said Dattatreya. “Despite having just 2% of the country’s population, around 25% participation in the Olympics 2020 was from Haryana. In Khattar’s absence, Haryana governor Bandaru Dattatreya distributed cheques amounting over ₹23 crore to the players along with job offer letters as per the state’s sports policy. Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar missed the event as his brother passed away in Gurugram on Friday. Total 32 players from state were honoured at the event. Known for its brilliant sports policy, the Haryana government felicitated state’s medal-winning players and participants of the Tokyo Olympics with cash awards in Panchkula on Friday.