World Record Holder Armand Duplantis Highlights Neeraj Chopra’s Role in Indian Sports.
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“We’ve interacted quite a bit, actually,” Duplantis said. “We met before and after the tokyo olympics, and even when he had that big viral moment and inspired the whole country of India, he was still the same guy, same nice, Same Nice, Caring Guy I Met Years Back.”
Recalling their first interaction at the 2016 World Junior Championships, Duplantis said, “He exploded on the scene there.”
“He’s a huge, huge inspiration. I love what he does. I think he’s a really talented and great athlete,” He said. “What He’s Doing for Sports in India is really an amazing thing,” He added.
Meanwhile, duplantis became the first track and field athlete to win male athlete of the year sense usain usain bolt won his fourth and final award in 2017. After collecting his prize, the 25-old SAID SOD SPOKE About the 2028 la olympics and said, “La’s quite a bit away, too,” He said of the 2028 games. “That’s three years, so that’s a good bit of world records, I guess, that I can hopefully chip off before then. Maybe we can do something special in la, too.”
