Children of Vishwa Vidyapeeth, a school in the Bangalore suburb of Yelahanka, were astonished when India’s only track and field Olympics champion Neeraj Chopra paid  them a surprise visit recently.

In a video posted on social media, Chopra is seen being greeted by gleeful kids, one of whom breaks into tears after meeting him. When the 24-year-old asked the young girl why she was crying, she replied: “My idol is in front of me right now.”