Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu reminisced the “golden Javelin throw” of Neeraj Chopra in the Tokyo Olympics. M Venkaiah Naidu said, “The Tokyo Olympics turned out to be best for our nation, not only in terms of highest ever number of medals won, but also in terms of grit demonstrated as was evident in quite a few close finishes and many of our athletes entering medal winning rounds of competition. Tokyo Olympics heralded resurgence, renaissance and national awakening in sports in our country by restoring the depleting confidence and self-esteem.”

He further said, “Neeraj Chopra did our nation proud with his ‘golden’ Javelin throw. The way he dominated the field right from the word go, never seen before, made our people rejoice as it was a statement of ‘we too can do it’.”