Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today renamed the stadium at Army Sports Institute (ASI) as Neeraj Chopra Stadium after Tokyo Gold medalist Neeraj Chopra.
Army General MM Naravane and Neeraj Chopra were also present on the occasion. The minister felicitated defence forces Olympians. He was presented a shawl signed by these Olympians.
Olympians who are felicitated here :
Subedar Tarandeep Roy
Naik Subedar Praveen Jadhav
Subedar Amit
Subedar Manish Kaushik
Subedar Major Satish Kumar
Subedar C A Kutappa, Boxing coach (Dronacharya Awardee)
Subedar Chhotelal Yadav, Boxing Coach (Coach of Marry Kom)
Naik Subedar Dipak Punia
Main Subedar Arjun Lal and Naik Subedar Arvind Singh, Rowing
Subedar Vishnu Sarvanan
Junior Warrant Office Dipak Kumar, Air Rifle
Subedar Arogya Rajeev, Sunen R J Mohammad
Naik Subedar Avinash Sabale
Hon Captain Amrish Kumar
Naik Subedar Irfan K T
Rahul
Subedar Sandip Kumar, Race walk
Havildar Gurpreet Singh, Race walk
Petty officer Tajindar Pal Singh,
Chief Petty officer Jabish
Surgeon Shrilal Singh
Alex Antony
Hav Abhishek Pandey, Physio Therapist
Subedar Neeraj Chopra, Gold Medalist
In 2001, Army launched ‘Mission Olympic’ and Army Sports Institute (ASI), near Koregaon Park, is one of the five nodes where sportsmen are trained for the Olympics.
