Pune: Army Sports Institute Stadium To Be Named After Olympic Gold Medalist Neeraj Chopra
Koregaon Park, 20th August 2021: The Indian Army has decided to name the stadium at Army Sports Institute (ASI), Pune, after the Tokyo Olympics gold medalist in Javelin throw, Subedar Neeraj Chopra.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will preside over the naming ceremony at the institute on August 23. The stadium will be known as ‘Neeraj Chopra Army Sports Stadium, Pune Cantt’.
Singh will also felicitate 16 Olympians of the Indian Army on the occasion.
After being recruited in the Indian Army under sports quota, Chopra (23) from Panipat in Haryana, received training at the ASI, which is the premier sports training institute of the Indian Army.
The ASI was set up in 2001 under the Mission Olympic programme. ASI is a multi-disciplinary sports training institute. It imparts training in seven fields: archery, athletics, boxing, diving, wrestling, fencing and weightlifting.
Defence Minister Singh will be on a one-day visit to Pune on August 23, when he will preside over functions at the Defence Institute of Advanced Technologies (DIAT) and the ASI.
Army chief General M M Naravane and Southern Army Commander Lt Gen J S Nain will also be present for the ceremony.
