The bride and groom opted for pastel shades for the wedding look and the pictures that Neeraj shared showed them sitting with folded hands and eyes closed amid traditional hindu rituals.
It was the only glimpse that his fans got of the man on his big day, on which he demonstrated how fiercely he guards his private life.
It was also in complete contrast to the celebrity weddings of current era in which every detail is shared or leaked online for the gratification of forever-curious fan clubs and media.
Last year, Neeraj became one of the most followed track-and-field athletes in the world on Instagram when he hit nine million followers, a number that has swelled considerably.
After his Tokyo Olympics gold, he was also the most written-about track and field athlete in 2022, displacing Jamaican sprint legend Usain Bolt from the top of the list, according to World Athletics, the global governing body.
Their friendship and eventual relationship may go back a couple of years but almost no information exists in the online space to indicate that the two were close or even knew each other.
His uncle too refused to divulge any information on how Neeraj and Himani started seeing each other.
Neeraj’s season will likely start in the next three months with Diamond League and will end only in September.
The World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, which is the most important event of this year and where he will defend his title, will be held from September 13-21.
In complete contrast to Neeraj’s stardom is the profile of his 25-year-old bride, who hails from Larsauli, near Sonepat, which is barely 75km from New Delhi.
A tennis player, who achieved a career-best national ranking of 42 in singles and 27 in doubles in 2018, Himani is currently a graduate assistant at Amherst College in the US, managing and overseeing the institution’s women’s tennis team.
She is also pursuing an Masters degree from McCormack Isenberg School of Management under the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Himani is an alumni of Delhi’s Miranda House college where she completed her bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Physical Education.
Her brother, Himanshu, is also a tennis player.