Neeraj Chopra Javelin: BCCI splashes Rs 1.5 Cr to BUY Neeraj Chopra’s javelin from Tokyo Olympics during e-auction in 2021- It was BCCI, which had made a winning bid of Rs 1.5 crore for Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra’s javelin when Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s collection of mementos was e-auctioned last year, a Cricket Board official told PTI on Friday. Follow InsideSport.IN For more updates
Chopra had presented one of his javelins to Modi when the Prime Minister hosted Indian athletes after the Tokyo Games. The javelin was part of many items that were presented during the eauction, the proceeds of which went to ‘Namami Gange Programme’.
Neeraj Chopra Javelin: BCCI splashes Rs 1.5 Cr to BUY Neeraj Chopra’s javelin from Tokyo Olympics during e-auction in 2021, Check Details
Stand a chance to make my Olympic javelin yours, at the https://t.co/XCT5G6GNBf auction which will take place until Oct 7.
Proceeds from the auction will go towards the Namami Gange initiative. pic.twitter.com/mdWZA72VJ1
— Neeraj Chopra (@Neeraj_chopra1) October 5, 2021
‘Namami Gange Programme’, launched in 2014, integrates the efforts to clean and protect the Ganga river. The auction was held between September and October in 2021.
“BCCI had made the winning bid for Neeraj’s javelin. But we also bid for a couple of other collectibles. It (Namami Gange) is a noble cause and the office bearers in BCCI felt that as one of the premier sporting bodies in the country, we had a duty towards the nation,” a senior BCCI official told PTI on conditions of anonymity.
“As an organisation we are proud that we have a sporting good of one of India’s greatest athletes,” the official said.
The BCCI had also contributed Rs 51 crore to PM Cares fund during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic.
Apart from Chopra’s javelin, the BCCI also bought an angavastra, autographed by the Indian Paralympic contingent for Rs 1 crore.
Neeraj Chopra Javelin: BCCI splashes Rs 1.5 Cr to BUY Neeraj Chopra’s javelin from Tokyo Olympics during e-auction in 2021, Check Details
While Chopra’s javelin that was bought by BCCI fetched the highest bid value, fencer Bhavani Devi’s sword fetched Rs 1.25 crore while Paralympic champion javelin thrower Sumit Antil’s javelin was bought for Rs 1.002 crore by other bidders.
Lovlina Borgohain’s boxing gloves were bought for Rs 91 lakh.
During the auction last year, 1348 mementos including sports collectibles were put in for the e-auction and a total of 8600 bids were received.
Neeraj Chopra donated his gold-winning javelin from Tokyo 2020 to the @olympicmuseum!@OlympicKhel | @WeAreTeamIndia pic.twitter.com/oU5N0D6Vc5
— The Olympic Games (@Olympics) August 30, 2022
Recently, Chopra had donated the javelin he used to win the Olympic gold in Tokyo, to the Lausanne based Olympic museum.
It was confirmed by the official twitter handle for the Games.
Neeraj Chopra Javelin: BCCI splashes Rs 1.5 Cr to BUY Neeraj Chopra’s javelin from Tokyo Olympics during e-auction in 2021, Check Details
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