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Pune: Stadium at Army Sports Institute to be renamed after Neeraj Chopra

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A stadium at Pune’s Army Sports Institute will now be renamed after the Tokyo Olympic gold medallist in the javelin throw, Neeraj Chopra. A ceremony will be held for the same on August 23 and will be presided over by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at the institute. 16 Olympians of the Indian Army will also be felicitated by the Defence Minister. Chopra had been inducted into the Indian Army via the sports quota in 2016 at the rank of Naib Subedar.