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Anand Mahindra’s tweet comparing Neeraj Chopra to Bahubali goes viral

Chopra won the championship after throwing the longest throw - 87.58 metres- of the event in just his second attempt, which no other contender could beat before the end of the competition.

By Telangana Today

Published Date - 8 August 2021, 03:44 PM

Anand Mahindra’s tweet comparing Neeraj Chopra to Bahubali goes viral

Hyderabad: Javelin Thrower Neeraj Chopra is being talked by everyone in country after he made history on Saturday by becoming the first Indian to win an Olympic medal in a track and field event.

Chopra won the championship after throwing the longest throw – 87.58 metres- of the event in just his second attempt, which no other contender could beat before the end of the competition.

After the historical event, business tycoon Anand Mahindra took to social media to compare Chopra with Baahubali, the main character from the iconic multilingual movie with the same name. Mahindra took to his Twitter account to share pictures of Chopra and Baahubali, where Chopra could be seen holding a javelin and the latter holding a javelin-like weapon. Since being shared last evening, the post has now garnered over 62,000 likes.

Not just that, Anand Mahindra has also promised to gift a brand new XUV700 to Chopra. “It will be my personal privilege & honour to gift our Golden Athlete an XUV 7OO”, he wrote.

In a series of tweets, Anand Mahindra also urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to release “commemorative coins” depicting Chopra.

“The Javelin throw is arguably the most frequently used image for commemorative coins. We need to have one officially released depicting #NeerajChopra @narendramodi @ianuragthakur,” he tweeted.