Question

    Which of the following sportsperson has been nominated for the 2022 Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year Award?

    A Bajrang Punia Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Neeraj Chopra Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Ravi Kumar Dahiya Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Chanu Saikhom Mirabai Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of these Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Neeraj Chopra, India’s first ever winner of an Olympic athletics gold medal, has been nominated for the 2022 Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year Award. He is only the third Indian athlete to be nominated for a Laureus Award, after wrestler Vinesh Phogat in 2019 and cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, who won the Laureus Sporting Moment Award 2000-2020. Besides him, five others have been nominated for the award – Emma Raducanu, Daniil Medvedev, Pedri, Yulimar Rojas, Ariarne Titmus.

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