NEW DELHI: The Army is all set to promote Subedar Neeraj Chopra after his historic gold medal in the Olympics.
“Subedar Chopra, who was enrolled in 4 Rajputana Rifles as a direct-entry naib subedar (a junior commissioned officer) in May 2016, will definitely get a promotion according to existing rules. The next rank is subedar major, but then, Subedar Chopra has won a gold medal for India. A final decision will be taken in the next few days,” a senior officer said.
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“Subedar Chopra, who was enrolled in 4 Rajputana Rifles as a direct-entry naib subedar (a junior commissioned officer) in May 2016, will definitely get a promotion according to existing rules. The next rank is subedar major, but then, Subedar Chopra has won a gold medal for India. A final decision will be taken in the next few days,” a senior officer said.
He was given an out-of-turn promotion to the rank of subedar in 2018 after he won gold at the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games, and was also conferred the Arjuna Award. In 2020, the Army conferred on him a Vishisht Seva Medal for his excellence in sports.
Wish Nadeem too got a medal: Neeraj Chopra
The battle between Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra and Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem, who was placed 5th in Tokyo, goes back to 2016 when the two battled for the top prize at the South Asian Games in Guwahati.
From there on, they were regulars in the Asian circuit and developed mutual respect for each other. On Sunday, Chopra, in an interview with a TV channel, said it would have been good to have Nadeem on the podium in Tokyo. ” Asia ka naam ho jata (it would have brought glory for Asia),” the 23-year-old said.
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