Neeraj Chopra quizzed about his sex life, here's what India's Olympic hero said!

By Lokmat English Desk | Published: September 4, 2021 07:49 PM2021-09-04T19:49:12+5:302021-09-04T19:49:12+5:30

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On August 7, 2021, Neeraj Chopra emerged as India's first track-and-field Olympic gold-medallist. He gave his best throw of 87.58m in his second attempt to clinch the gold medal for India at Tokyo Olympic Games. He is now the second Indian after Abhinav Bindra to win a gold medal in individual events.

Post his historic win, the Haryana born sportsman has been facing intense media scrutiny across all quarters.

This time, art historian and curator Rajeev Sethi's question left the gold medallist at a loss of words

At an event organised by a media house, art historian and curator Rajeev Sethi seemed to have got carried away, and asked him about his sex life.

The athlete was visibly embarassed and uncomfortable at the end of the question.

What a handsome young man you are)," is how Sethi started his question. He said that crores of Indians want to ask Chopra one thing, but they feel hesitant. He then asked Chopra in Hindi as to how he balances his athletic training with his sex life!

While Chopra tried to evade the question and responded by saying, “Sorry, sir. I have said sorry, you can know my answer from that”, Sethi was not the one to give up! He went on to ask again how athletes manage to balance their training with their sex life.

The post shared on Twitter had several likes and comments. While one asked why the same question isn't asked to Virat Kohli, another slammed Sethi for being "mannerless