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Neeraj Chopra Stadium
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- The Union Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh visited the Army Sports Institute, Pune and named the Army Sports Institute stadium as “Neeraj Chopra Stadium”.
- The focus of the Indian Army (in the field of sports) is to identify and train promising sportspersons in 11 disciplines.
- The Indian Army’s “Mission Olympics” programme was launched in 2001.
- It was launched with the intent to deliver medal-winning performances in the Olympics and other international events.
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- The Athletics Federation of India has decided that javelin throw day will be on 7th August every year in honour of Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra.
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