Neeraj Chopra and Sumit Antil – the golden boys of India were gifted customised Mahindra XUV700 by Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra.
India had scripted history with athlete Neeraj Chopra winning at the Tokyo Olympic Games 2020 in the Javelin throw. After his stupendous win, people started congratulating the athlete and among them was Anand Mahindra.
Responding to his congratulations tweet, one Twitter user wanted the man to gift the 23-year-old athlete a Mahindra XUV700.
Xuv700 for him.
— Ritesh Jain (@ritjain13) August 7, 2021
Anand Mahindra responded to the Twitter user saying, “Yes indeed. It will be my personal privilege & honour to gift our Golden Athlete an XUV 7OO @rajesh664 @vijaynakra Keep one ready for him please (sic).”
Yes indeed. It will be my personal privilege & honour to gift our Golden Athlete an XUV 7OO @rajesh664 @vijaynakra Keep one ready for him please. https://t.co/O544iM1KDf
— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) August 7, 2021
As promised, Neeraj got the XUV and even shared a picture of the same on his Twitter handle. Posing next to the car, Neeraj wrote, “Thank you @anandmahindra ji for the new set of wheels with some very special customisation! I’m looking forward to taking the car out for a spin very soon (sic).”
Thank you @anandmahindra ji for the new set of wheels with some very special customisation! I’m looking forward to taking the car out for a spin very soon. pic.twitter.com/doNwgOPogp
— Neeraj Chopra (@Neeraj_chopra1) October 30, 2021
Anand Mahindra gifted a similar model XUV700 car to Sumit Antil, who also won a gold medal in the Tokyo Paralympic Games 2020 F16 Men’s javelin throw event.
“We are so proud of you @sumit_javelin. Thank you for giving us the privilege of sharing our very own ‘Javelin’ with you! May the Force be with you always (sic),” Anand Mahindra wrote sharing a picture of Sumit Antil posing with the car.
We are so proud of you @sumit_javelin Thank you for giving us the privilege of sharing our very own ‘Javelin’ with you! May the Force be with you …always. https://t.co/8iDwX6wa41
— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) October 30, 2021
Neeraj Chopra had become only the second Indian after Abhinav Bindra to win an individual Olympic Gold medal.
