Exhaustion and "slight" fever forced star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra to leave midway the welcome ceremony at his village near Panipat, organised to celebrate his historic gold medal at Tokyo Olympics. "A lot of people turned up and he reached the venue of the welcome function near his village on a cavalcade. The day Chopra returned from Tokyo, he and other Olympic medal winners were felicitated by the sports ministry. The next day, he attended a felicitation function organised by the Athletics Federation of India. In the evening, he was the cynosure of all eyes at the felicitation function organised by Indian Olympic Association (IOA).

Source: The Telegraph August 17, 2021 13:41 UTC