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Neeraj Chopra nominated for Laureus Award
February 02, 2022
Neeraj Chopra, India's first ever winner of an Olympic athletics gold medal, is selected as one of the six Nominees for the 2022 Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year Award. Other nominees include Emma Raducanu, Daniil Medvedev, Pedri, Yulimar Rojas, Ariarne Titmus.
He is only the third Indian athlete to be nominated for a Laureus Award, after wrestler Vinesh Phogat in 2019 and cricket maestro Sachin Tendulkar, who won the Laureus Sporting Moment Award 2000-2020.