As Neeraj Chopra bagged the silver medal at the Paris Olympics 2024, PM Narendra Modi and Bollywood celebrities extended their wishes to the javelin thrower.
Indian athlete Neeraj Chopra made our nation proud by winning a silver medal at the Paris Olympics 2024. Neeraj had his personal best throw of 89.45m to clinch the second position in the final tournament of men’s javelin throw on Friday. Congratulations started pouring in to extend wishes to India’s golden boy for the marvellous win at the Olympics. PM Narendra Modi and Bollywood celebrities like Vicky Kaushal and Sunny Deol showered love on Neeraj after his big win.
PM Modi took to X (formerly Twitter) to congratulate Neeraj Chopra after he won the silver at the ongoing Olympics. He posted a picture of Neeraj on the platform and penned a heartfelt note about him. In his tweet, India’s prime minister called the javelin thrower “excellence personified” and congratulated him.
“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 tweeted.
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… pic.twitter.com/XIjfeDDSeb
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 8, 2024
Vicky Kaushal posted an Instagram story featuring Neeraj Chopra in which the javelin thrower can be seen holding the Indian national flag on his back. Vicky wrote, “Season best performance. You always make us proud brother.”
Malaika Arora, who is currently in Paris, shared a clip of Neeraj’s winning moment at the Olympics on Instagram. In her Instagram story, Malaika wrote, “What a proud moment for my India and n too witness it live (sic).”