New Delhi, December 23: Two-time Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra and his wife, Himani Mor, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday.

The Olympic Gold medallist and his wife, Himani Mor met the Prime Minister at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg, New Delhi.

"We had a great interaction on various issues including sports of course!", said Modi.

The Prime Minister posted on X, “Met Neeraj Chopra and his wife, Himani Mor at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg earlier today. We had a great interaction on various issues including sports of course!.”

In October, Neeraj received the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Territorial Army.

The 27-year-old Indian athlete was presented with the insignia at a ceremony in New Delhi, in recognition of his outstanding achievements in sports. Although his official appointment to the rank was on April 16, the pipping ceremony took place on October 22. During the event, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh formally conferred the insignia of the honorary Lieutenant Colonel rank upon Neeraj.

Neeraj won India's first Olympic gold in athletics at Tokyo 2020 and followed it up with a silver at Paris 2024. Neeraj also made history by becoming India's first senior athletics world champion with a gold at Budapest 2023, after earning a silver at Oregon 2022, ending the country's 19-year medal drought at the World Championships.