India Athletics Team News

2020 Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Neeraj Chopra, along with 11 others were honoured with the prestigious Khel Ratna award – the country’s highest sporting honour. On the other hand, five coaches, including the likes of Jai Prakash Nautiyal and Subramanian Raman received the Dronacharya Award.

Tokyo-bound javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra feels that TOPS (Top Olympic Podium Scheme) and has helped Indian athletes to flourish at the International level. Having claimed top finished at both the 2018 CWG and the 2018 Asian Games, the 23-year is a major medal prospect going into the Tokyo Games.

Indian javelin thrower Annu Rani is determined to get past the Olympic qualification mark in the second leg of the one-day Indian Gran Prix and book a ticket to Tokyo. She has a personal best of 62.43m during the 2019 Doha Championships, which is about 1.57m shy of the desired mark for the Games.