Neeraj Chopra did not get prize money; know why…?
Pakistani athlete Arshad Nadeem won the gold medal in the paris Olympics. In this way Arshad Nadeem became the first athlete to win individual gold for pakistan in the Olympics. At the same time, indian athlete Neeraj Chopra managed to win the silver medal. But do you know how much prize money did gold medalist Arshad Nadeem get? Actually, Arshad Nadeem got 50 thousand dollars as prize money. The commission in indian rupees is approximately Rs 42 lakh. Whereas this price is 1 crore 40 lakh in Pakistani rupees. But how much money will Neeraj Chopra, who won the silver medal, get?
However, you will be surprised to know that Neeraj Chopra has not received any prize money from the olympics or World Athletics for winning the silver medal. Actually, in the paris olympics, World Athletics has announced prize money only for the gold medalist. However, the silver and bronze medalists of athletics from the Los Angeles olympics will also be awarded prize money. Apart from athletics, this time the winners of any other event have not received any prize money.
It is worth noting that pakistan has won a medal in the olympics after almost 32 years. Before this, the last time pakistan won a medal was in the Barcelona olympics in 1992. So far, pakistan has won 4 gold medals in Olympic history. Earlier, all three gold medals of pakistan came in hockey, but this time Ashraf Nadeem won the gold medal in javelin throw. Also, this is the first time that a Pakistani athlete has succeeded in winning a gold medal in an individual event. Let us tell you that in the paris olympics, Ashraf Nadeem broke the record of Norway's Andreas T. In the beijing olympics 2008, Norway's Andreas T had thrown a throw of 90.57 meters, but now Ashraf Nadeem has made the record in his name.
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