Review of Norris Pritam’s The Neeraj Chopra Story: Champion on track

It’s always challenging to write about a person who is famous because every aspect of his life would have been discussed threadbare. But The Neeraj Chopra Story by veteran sports journalist and former athlete Norris Pritam draws you in with its honest and straight-from-the-heart approach.

Neeraj Chopra at the men’s javelin throw final athletics event during the 2022 Asian Games at Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre, in Hangzhou, China. (Source: Getty Images)

Embellished with a befitting foreword by six-time world champion and London Olympics bronze medallist boxer M.C. Mary Kom, the book, with simple prose and easy pace, tracks the iconic javelin thrower’s life of a boy from the Haryana hinterland to a history-making global star.