Friday, 09 August 2024 | PNS | DEHRADUN
After the Vinesh Phogat overweight heartbreak, India has got a shot in its arms with Neeraj Chopra having won the silver medal in the javelin throw event in the Paris Games. Soon after the ace athlete’s sterling achievement, President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the country in hailing him as excellence personified and fount of inspiration for the upcoming athletes of the country.
Notably, Chopra has become the first Indian track-and-field athlete to win two successive Olympic medals. He had won the gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics.
“Neeraj Chopra is excellence personified! Time and again he’s shown his brilliance. India is elated that he comes back with yet another Olympic success. Congratulations to him on winning the Silver. He will continue to motivate countless upcoming athletes to pursue their dreams and make our nation proud,” PM Modi wrote in his post on X. President Murmu said that he is the first Indian athlete to win gold and silver medals in two successive Olympic Games. The Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya also congratulated the 26-year-old athlete, lauding his achievement as without peer in India’s sports history.
