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Tokyo Olympics gold medallist Neeraj Chopra will visit Sanskardham School in Ahmedabad on December 4 and launch Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mission to spread awareness about balanced diet, wellness and sports.
During his meeting with Tokyo Olympians at his home on August 16, Modi had asked India’s Olympians and Paralympians to visit 75 schools each by the 2023 Independence Day and spread awareness against hunger and furthermore play a game with younger students.
On Wednesday, Sports Minister Anurag Thakur tweeted to say that Neeraj Chopra will get rolling the PM’s mission.
“PM Sh @narendramodi ji gave a clarion call to our Olympians & Paralympians to visit schools and interact with students on the importance of santulit aahaar’, fitness, sports & more. Starting Dec 4 @Neeraj_chopra1 will be at Sanskardham School in Ahmedabad to launch this mission,” Anurag Thakur wrote on his Twitter handle.
The Sports Authority of India and Ministry of Education are chipping away at running this as a ‘Meet the Champions’ program throughout the following two years. The school visits by the Olympians would start from January one year from now.
The occasion will be held as a feature of the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, commending the country’s 75th year of autonomy.
Neeraj Chopra, who has an individual best of 88.07m meters, secured the notable gold with a toss of 87.58m at Tokyo Games.
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