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NEERAJ'S STAR TURN

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May 16, 2024

Olympic champ, in his first event in the country in over three years, comes from behir to take gold at Fed Cup

- INDRANEEL DAS

NEERAJ'S STAR TURN

IT was about 11 pm on Wednesday. Neeraj Chopra was still in the warm-up area for a photo shoot, understood to do with the Olympics kit. He completed his event at around 8.30 pm. In fact, he did not want to take any risks and passed the final two rounds.

It helped that he was the leader at this stage. Yet more than three hours after his event, he was there shooting. Along with him were other international athletes. He was competing in India for the first time after his Olympic gold in Tokyo.

Just after 8 pm, he was exhorting the media-persons to turn the cameras away from him.

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