Byju’s has announced a ₹2 crores cash reward for Neeraj Chopra, and ₹1 crore each for Mirabai Chanu, Ravi Kumar Dahiya, Lovlina Borgohain, PV Sindhu, and Bajrang Punia.
The first-ever gold in athletics by Neeraj Chopra on August 7th 2021 will be forever etched in the history of Indian sports. With a total of seven medals, Team India gave its best Olympics performance at the Tokyo 2020 event.
The accomplishments and the stellar achievement of India’s sports heroes at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics have been nothing but inspirational, despite the challenges posed by COVID-19 lockdown in 2020-2021. Not only has each one of them made the country proud but has also ignited hope and aspiration that our country can create many more Olympic champions in the future.
BYJU’S is an ardent supporter of sports in the country. Byju Raveendran, Founder and CEO, said, “Sports has a critical role to play in nation-building, and it’s time that we celebrate our Olympic heroes, not just once in 4 years, but every single day. They deserve all the adoration they get, and after this historic achievement at Tokyo 2020 we are rewarding the players for their efforts, sacrifices and achievements.”
“We hope that this small gesture will help them in their journey going forward to win more laurels for the country and also encourage many more youngsters to dream big. India has a huge potential to produce many more sporting champions and it is important to celebrate successes like this and make them heroes so that we transform ourselves from a Sport loving nation to a sport-playing nation. Thank you for filling us with so much pride.”
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