Guwahati, August 08 (NKTV): The BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) yesterday announced cash rewards for India’s medal winners at the Tokyo Olympics.
Gold winner Neeraj Chopra shall be awarded one crore rupees; he became the country’s first track and field athlete to win a gold medal.
In a tweet, BCCI secretary Jay Shah also announced that Rs 50 lakh each will be given to silver medallists Mirabai Chanu and Ravi Dahiya. Mirabai Chanu won India’s first weightlifting medal at the Games while Ravi Dahiya became the second wrestler from the country to win a silver after Sushil Kumar (2012).
Bronze medallists wrestler Bajrang Punia, boxer Lovlina Borgohain and shuttler PV Sindhu will each get Rs 25 lakh.
The men’s hockey team which won its first Olympic medal in 41 years will be rewarded Rs 1.25 crore.